French historian Marc Bloch witnessed the swift invasion of France by the Wehrmacht. He noted the Germans’ “embarrassing skill in appearing where they ought not to have appeared.” In 1939, the German ...

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 ...

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 ...

France surrendered on 22 June 1940 ... This became known as the Blitz, from the German Blitzkrieg. Its aim was to break morale and destroy industry to force Britain to surrender.