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Events on Tuesday 25 June 1940 1
1940Battle of FranceGermany overruns France and the Low Countries in six weeksOn 10 May Germany attacked the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, and armoured forces broke through the Ardennes at Sedan. Allied armies were split and pushed back to the Channel coast. France signed an armistice on 22 June, which came into effect on 25 June.