Battle of France

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_France
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:casualties Belgium: ~6,000 killed
France: ~90,000 killed
Germany: ~27,000 killed
Netherlands: ~2,000 killed
United Kingdom: ~68,000 killed, wounded, or missing
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Maxime_Weygand
gptkb:Lord_Gort
gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Leopold_III_of_Belgium
gptkb:Maurice_Gamelin
gptkbp:endDate 25 June 1940
gptkbp:followedBy Occupation of France by Nazi Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of France
gptkbp:location gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkb:Luxembourg
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:mainBelligerent gptkb:Allies
shooting
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Dunkirk_evacuation
Surrender of France
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Fall_Gelb
gptkb:Fall_Rot
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Phoney_War
gptkbp:result German victory
gptkbp:significance British retreat from continental Europe
Collapse of French Third Republic
End of Allied resistance in Western Europe (1940)
Establishment of Vichy France
German occupation of Paris
Rapid German Blitzkrieg tactics
gptkbp:startDate 10 May 1940
May–June 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4