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1940

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Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen · St Valery · Commander of 7th Panzer Division

Rommels 7th Panzer Div reaches St Valery

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Heinrici, Gotthard · Maginot Line · Major General

Heinrici breaks through the Maginot Line

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

Philippe Petain publicly announced France would ask for an armistice

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Guderian, Heinz · Commander of XIX Panzer Corps

Advanced as far as the Swiss border when France surrenders

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

An armistice is signed between France and Germany

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

Army Group D is formed to occupy France

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Manstein, Fritz Erich von · Chief of Staff

Works with Guenther Blumentritt & Henning von Tresckow to develop the plan to invade France. Manstein serves under General Gunther von Kluge

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Manstein, Fritz Erich von · Ardennes · Chief of Staff

Manstein & his colleagues suggest the German Army should attack through the wooded Ardennes hills. Hitler approves of the Manstein Plan to invade France

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Sperle, Hugo · Commander of 3rd Air Fleet

Commands the 3rd Air Fleet during Germany's invasion of France

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Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von · Aix-la-Chapelle · Commander of Army Group A

Leads the invasion of France wwith 44 Divisions from Aix-la-Chapelle to the Moselle

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Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von · Epinal-Belfort · Commander of Army Group C

Encircles 4 French Armies in Epinal-Belfort

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Kuechler, Georg von · Commander of Eighteenth Army

Commands the 8th Army during the invasion of France

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Richthofen, Wolfram von · Commander of Fliegerkorps VIII

Commands the Fliegerkorps VIII, cousin of the "Red Knight"

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Sperrle, Hugo · Commander of Luftflotte 3

Supports Rundstedts Army Group A in its invasion of France

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Langkeit, Willi · Weygand Line · Commander of Second Battalion

Helps the Germans break through the Weygand Line into France

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Guderian, Heinz · Commander of XIX Panzer Corps

Guderains blitzkrieg policy is accepted by the German High Command

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Hitler, Adolf · Margival · Fuhrer Chancellor

Sets up his HQ in Margival near Soissons during the German invasion of France

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Roenne · Sedan · Baron · Member of OKW

Advocates the German thrust into Sedan

1942

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Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor

Plans are completed for the German occupation of France

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Hitler, Adolf · Vichy Government · Fuhrer Chancellor

Troops are alerted to the occupation of Vichy France

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Hitler, Adolf · Toulon · Fuhrer Chancellor

German troops reach the Spanish border & Mediterranean

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Felber, Hans-Gustav · General der Infantarie

The Army Felber is given the responsibility for the occupation of the Medierranean

1943

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Sodenstern, Georg von · General der Infantarie

The South of France is occupied by the 1Ninth Army & the Italian 4th Army is relieved

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Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von · River Rhone · Commander in Chief

Reports the Rhone Valley, Toulon & Marsaille are tempting areas for Allied invasion

1944

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Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen · Commander of Army Group B

Responsible for defending occupied France from Allied invasion

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