1. Marian Peraza Sanchez, Ally Hines, Emily Froman, Sophia Kagan
Case Yellow & Case Red, Operation Dynamo, and the rest of the Battle of France
Marian Peraza Sanchez, Ally Hines, Emily Froman, Sophia Kagan

2. Set up of the Battle
France joined the War on the side of the Allies whose goal was to defeat Germany.
At the start of the battle the Allies and German forces were thought to be evenly matched
However, German war planes were known to be more advanced than the war planes of the Allies
Though the French military looked good on paper, due to weak leadership and tactics, and a defensive strategy (which was how they fought WWI) they were at a huge disadvantage.
Unlike the French, General Erich von Manstein,who led the German side fought with the strategy known as Blitzkrieg which included high speed offensive attacks that focused on the opposition’s weak points, a strategy that proved highly effective in Poland.

4. Map of Battle
The Battle of France was when Germany invaded France through Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. This was kind of like the Schlieffen Plan of WWI. The Germans overwhelmed the French resistance and pushed the Allies to the sea. Red represents Axis Powers (Germans), blue represents Allied Powers (French, British).

5. Timeline of the Battle
September 1939-Germany invades Poland, beginning WWII
May 10, 1940-German invasion of France starts with Case Yellow
May 27,1940- June 4,1940 Evacuation of Allied troops (Operation Dynamo) (Dunkirk)
June 5, Beginning of Case Red
June 10, Italy joined Axis Powers in WWII
June 14, Paris fell to German forces
June Reynaud resigned and Marshal Philippe Petain in power
June 22, French government surrendered to Germany
June 25, Official end of battle

6. Battle’s Impacts on WWII
Thesis: Although the Battle of France was an Axis victory, Allied efforts ensured the continuation of the war through Operation Dynamo’s strategic retreat, ultimately resulting in the Allies winning the war.
Extra Facts After Battle:
France was out of WWII until liberated by Allies on June 6, 1944 (D-Day)
WWII was not fought on Western Front until D-Day
Until then Britain fought Germany in the air and at sea
Meanwhile Germany stayed with their blitzkrieg strategy

7. Case Yellow Also known as “Fall Gelb”
This operation kickstarted the invasion of France, which began on May 10, 1940
German plan to take France through the Ardennes Forest and Somme Valley
Germans overwhelmed French forces at Maginot Line
Germans surrounded Allies (British, French), and forced them to sea at Dunkirk
Allies later needed to be evacuated to England

8. Operation Dynamo- The Allied retreat from France at Dunkirk
French resistance fell to Germany
Allies surrounded by Axis and forced to retreat
May 27th to June 4th, 1940
General John Gort, commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) had begun to weigh the possibility of evacuating his entire force by sea in order to save them from certain annihilation by the approaching Nazi troops.
Evacuation of more than 338,000 allied soldiers, loss of 68,000
800 boats, The beaches at Dunkirk shelve gently into the sea. Even at high tide, a destroyer couldn’t approach within a mile of the shore, and troops had to be ferried out in small craft. Also, under constant air attacks from Nazis
Although the Battle of France was an Axis victory, the strategic Allied retreat saved hopes for an overall Ally victory of WWII

10. Case Red
Also referred to as “Fall Rot” and was the second part of Germany’s plan to invade France
Meant to occur after Germany’s initial invasion of France
Initiated by Hitler on June 5th, 1940
Began when Hitler renewed his offense on the Somme
Although France’s tactics improved since Germany’s first attack, they weren’t able to replenish the men lost during Case Yellow and Germany continued to gain on them.

11. Case Red
There was a breakthrough for the Germans near Abbeville on June 10th
The French line began to collapse especially due to the Luftwaffe which was the aerial warfare branch of the Nazi military.
The Luftwaffe focused on strong points of the French military and did not allow the French to focus their troops on the battle on the ground
Paris officially fell to the Germans on June 14, when Hitler heard this news he performed a little Jig
The Battle of France officially ended on June 25th, 1940 and resulted in an Axis victory

12. Hitler’s Jig in 1940 after finding out that Paris fell to the Germans

13. Northern France occupied by Germany
Petain signed the Franco German armistice splitting France in two zones:
Northern France occupied by Germany
Southern France Pétain's Vichy-based government.

15. Impact of Battle on WW1: FRANCE IN OCCUPATION
Southern France
Vichy Regime
A New Government
A puppet government: endowed with the outward symbols of authority but in which direction and control are exercised by another power (Merriam Webster)
July 1940–September 1944
Leader of the Vichy regime Marshal Philippe Petain

16. May 1940- Germans Occupy France
Date
Event
Genocide Step
July 1940
Reexamination of citizenship & censuses identifying Jews
CLASSIFICATION
October 1940
Jewish Statute”: revoked citizenship and stole property
DISCRIMINATION
October 1870
Cremieux Decree: No citizenship to Algerian Jews
March 1942
Registered children of Jews with police
PREPARATION ORGANIZATION
July 16th 1942
Arrest Jews and put them in extermination camps
PREPARATION/EXTERMINATION
November 1942
Germans broadened their occupation and continued the ongoing actions to arrest Jews and deport them to their extermination.
EXTERMINATION
May Germans Occupy France
Result: the Germans had sent some 78,000 Jews to the extermination camps, about a quarter of the total number of Jews in France.
(with connection to the 10 steps of genocide)
France’s Participation with Genocide

17. Sources http://totallyhistory.com/the-battle-of-france/