French historian Marc Bloch witnessed the swift invasion of France by the Wehrmacht. He noted the Germans’ “embarrassing ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Battle Academy: Blitzkrieg France Following the invasion of Poland, Germany opens the western front and invades France. It’s the Blitzkrieg, a new and ...

Even though millions of French troops were manning the defensive Maginot Line in early 1940, Hitler's brilliant blitzkrieg strategy caught the Allies by surprise, and Germany occupied France ...

For the first six months of the war, there was little fighting in the West, as the German military concentrated on their invasion and campaign in Poland. This period is often called the ‘Phoney ...