What if France won the battle of France?
The Allies could have won the Battle of France in May 1940 and France would have been the major contributing factor. With minimal improvements, they could have succeeded in holding the line in 1940. With strategic overhaul, France could have defeated Germany by offensive operations and prevented escalation in Europe.
What if France started WW2?
Actually, France did start WW2, without France declaring war on Germany, this conflict might have stayed down. He might then mobilise his troops from the east to the west, sending French advance to a halt, and maybe even pushing back, the attack on Poland would have failed and Warsaw wouldn’t be captured.
What if the French invaded Germany?
The French would have overwhelmed the remaining German troops since the bulk of their army was occupied in Poland at the time and would not have been able to get back in time. The Germans gambled that the French would not mount a full scale counterattack which of course never came to fruition.
Why was D Day so bad?
Because of bad weather and fierce German resistance, the D-Day beach landings were chaotic and bloody, with the first waves of landing forces suffering terrible losses, particularly the U.S. troops at Omaha beach and the Canadian divisions at Juno beach.
How much of France did Germany occupy?
three-fifths
What happened to the French collaborators?
However, only 791 collaborators were actually executed; more were subjected to the National Degradation punishment, which included the loss of their political, civil, and professional rights. The convicted became second-class citizens, and a total of 49,723 people were punished this way.
Why didn’t the Germans take all of France?
The Germans didn’t see the need to occupy the whole country at the time, since the zones under their occupation – all of France’s seashore on the English Channel and the Atlantic – were the only part of France the British could conceivably invade if they tried to return to the continent.