==Fall of France, Denmark, and Norway==
[[File:Lille June 1, 1940.jpg|right|300px|thumb|German officers salute French soldiers who were allowed to carry arms in a surrender ceremony.]]
{{See also|Anti-Comintern Pact}}
Once the invasion of Poland was complete, German forces regrouped while French and British forces remained on the defensive, leading US commentators to dub it the [[Sitzkrieg|Phoney War]]. May 10, 1940 made clear that the war was real, as Germany invaded France, occupying neutral countries such as the [[Netherlands]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[Belgium]] in the process. Resistance by the British and French armies proved ineffective, and France was soon surrendered. British and French troops were routed and evacuated mainland Europe at [[Dunkirk]]. France was divided into the northern Occupied France and the collaborationist [[Vichy regime]] in the south of France, including [[Corsica]]. The United States granted full diplomatic recognition to the Vichy regime, whereas the United Kingdom granted recognition to the [[French National Committee]] led by Gen. [[Charles De Gaulle]].