A step-by-step guide to the battle. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled.

By Weper Hermann, 13 German Mobile Assault Unit - Imperial War Museums, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons The main reason France collapsed so quickly in 1940 was the element of surprise enjoyed by ...

In 1940, as casualties mounted across Europe, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, proved to be a pivotal moment in World War II.

THIS sheet is a continuation northward of the map of the British battle front in France and Flanders previously published by the same firm. It extends from Dunkirk in the west to within six miles ...