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Fall of France (1940) (view source)
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The German invasion, code-named Case Yellow, entailed an armoured thrust through the Ardennes Forest, which bypassed the principal French defences of the Maginot Line. The German tank and infantry spreaheads would then threaten to encircle the northern French defences and British reinforcements under General Lord Gort from the [[British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF).
The German invasion, code-named Case Yellow, entailed an armoured thrust through the Ardennes Forest, which bypassed the principal French defences of the Maginot Line. The German tank and infantry spreaheads would then threaten to encircle the northern French defences and British reinforcements under General Lord Gort from the [[British Expeditionary Force]] (BEF).
The German Army High Command ordered 35 million tablets of Pervitin before invading France in the spring of 1940.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hitlers-all-conquering-stormtroopers-felt-invincible-because-of-crystal-meth-style-drug-pervitin-10499087.html Hitler's all-conquering stormtroopers 'felt invincible because of crystal meth-style drug Pervitin']</ref>
==Low Countries==
==Low Countries==