Case Yellow, Operation Dynamo, Case Red, and

the Battle of FranceShravani Kulkarni, Anna Johnson, Joe Addison, Lotan

Mizrahi, Ayush Sharma

ThesisThe battles that contributed to the fall of France led to the incomprehensible loss of people as well as the destruction of an entire army, and created a disturbance in the balance of power in Europe, giving Germany an advantage in World War II.

Joe

Incomprehensible LossFrench Casualties

● 100,000 (army) killed

● 100,000 (civilians) killed

● 123,000 wounded● 330,000 displaced ● 2,000,000 soldiers

taken prisoner

German Casualties● 50,000 killed

during the invasion of France

Joe

Timeline

Operation Dynamo - May 26 1940

Paris is captured - June 14 1940

Battle of France Ends - June 25

1940Case Yellow - May

10 1940Case Red - June 5

1940

Paris Liberated - August 25 1944

Case Yellow- May 10, 1940● Aka: Fall Gelb● + for Germany● Blitzkrieg: Lightning War

o Failed in WWI ● October 19

o Brits and French forces split

● Belgium land for Germany:o Air Fieldso North Sea ports

The Jiggy

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Initiation:● ‘Sickle Stroke’ allotted the three German army groups ● Group B- Northernmost commanded by General Fedor

Von Bock was to attack in northern Holland and Belgium● aim was to temp the Franco-British field army east to

seize territory to outflank in the north● Group C- Southernmost was to engage the garrison of

the Maginot Line ● Rundstedt’s Army Group A- was to advance through the

Ardennes

Case Yellow- May 10, 1940Lotan/Ayush

Timeline

Operation Dynamo - May 26 1940

Paris is captured - June 14 1940

Battle of France Ends - June 22

1940Case Yellow - May

10 1940Case Red - June 5

1940

Paris Liberated - August 25 1944

Operation Dynamo- May 26, 1940● Operation Dynamo was the codename given to the

British evacuation of Dunkirk● The signal was given to begin Operation Dynamo

at 18:57 hours on May 26, 1940.● Mastermind - Vice-Admiral Bertram Ramsay● British and French armies already cornered in

Dunkirk by Germans as a result of Case Yellow in 1940, so gathering soldiers was not that big of an issue

Shravani

Operation Dynamo- May 26, 1940● News about evacuation spread to Britain by May 29● Main goal was to evacuate 40,000+ troops (British

Expeditionary Force and French army) under attack● The British sent small boats (later known as “The

Little Ships”) across the English Channel to rescue the troops on Dunkirk beach

● In the end, over 338,000 troops were evacuated to Dover (British port)

Shravani

Map of Operation Dynamo

Timeline

Operation Dynamo - May 26 1940

Paris is captured - June 14 1940

Battle of France Ends - June 22

1940Case Yellow - May

10 1940Case Red - June 5

1940

Paris Liberated - August 25 1944

Case Red- June 5-14, 1940 The goals of Case Red changed in the years leading up to it

● 1935- meant to defend against a surprise attack by France while defending the borders against Czechoslovakia and Poland

● 1937- included offensive operations against Czechoslovakia with the aim of preventing a prolonged two-front war

● 1940- the second part of the western campaign, attack on the rest of the French army which was still entrenched in the Maginot line

Anna

Case Red- June 5-14, 1940

Preliminary Attack● started on June 5th in the west● battle over the Somme River● moving towards the Seine

Case Red had two sub-operations

Main Offensive● started on June 9th over the Ainse

River● Penetrated the Maginot line,

which allowed German troops to cut off the armies stationed in French bunkers on June 17th

● That same day, France asked for an armistice and officially capitulated on June 25

Anna

Case Red Map

Maginot Line

Timeline

Operation Dynamo - May 26 1940

Paris is captured - June 14 1940

Battle of France Ends - June 22

1940Case Yellow - May

10 1940Case Red - June 5

1940

Paris Liberated - August 25 1944

Paris is Captured● By June 14, the Germans had taken control of

Paris and the French army had been completely destroyed

● Prime Minister of France resigned and his successor, Marshal Phillipe Petain began moves for an armistice

● Armistice signed on August 22, but not put into effect until August 25, marking the end of the Battle of France.

Anna

Timeline

Operation Dynamo - May 26 1940

Paris is captured - June 14 1940

Battle of France Ends - June 22

1940Case Yellow - May

10 1940Case Red - June 5

1940

Paris Liberated - August 25 1944

Hitler’s JigShravani

Timeline

Operation Dynamo - May 26 1940

Paris is captured - June 14 1940

Battle of France Ends - June 25

1940Case Yellow - May

10 1940Case Red - June 5

1940

Paris Liberated - August 25 1944

Liberation Of Paris● On August 25, the German commander of the Paris

region, General Dietrich von Choltitz signed a surrender at Montparnasse

Joe

Overall Impact of Battle ● The defeat of the French (which was very powerful)

stands as one of the most remarkable military campaigns in history

● French collapse ripped up the balance of power in Europe

● Britain had to fight the rest of World War 2 in the air, and sea (Mediterranean) but not on the Western Front.

Joe

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