French forces in 1940

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military forces
gptkbp:aftermath Operation Dynamo
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:casualties Over 500,000
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:equipment Aircraft
Artillery
Tanks
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
Wehrmacht
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Early_defeat_in_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French forces in 1940
gptkbp:is_a_member_of Partial mobilization
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:General_Maurice_Gamelin
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General_Henri_Giraud
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:French_Army
gptkb:French_Navy
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:General_Émile_Fayolle
gptkb:Czechoslovakia
gptkb:French_Air_Force
gptkb:General_Charles_Mangin
gptkb:General_Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny
gptkb:General_Maxime_Weygand
gptkb:General_Philippe_Pétain
gptkb:General_Pierre_de_Villiers
gptkb:General_Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkb:General_Jean-Baptiste_Estienne
gptkb:General_Ferdinand_Foch
gptkb:General_Pierre_Billotte
gptkb:General_Alphonse_Georges
gptkb:General_Joseph_Vuillemin
gptkb:General_Louis_Faury
gptkb:General_Louis_Franchet_d'Espèrey
General_André_Corap
Dunkerque_Strategy
General_Paul_Legentilhomme
General_Robert_Altmayer
gptkbp:notable_player gptkb:Maginot_Line
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Dunkirk
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkbp:postRetirementCareer Occupied_by_Germany
gptkbp:postWarCareer Formation_of_Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:result Armistice_with_Germany
gptkbp:significantEvent Fall of Paris
gptkbp:strategicGoals Defend_France
Inability_to_stop_German_advance
gptkbp:territory Northern_France
gptkbp:year 1940