Germany invades France and the Low Countries
May 10, 1940
At dawn German armor poured through the Ardennes, bypassing the Maginot Line which the French had spent a fortune building. Within six weeks Panzer divisions had reached the Channel, trapping the British Expeditionary Force and driving Paris into exile. The strongest army in Europe had been broken in six weeks.
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