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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1528802, member: 32000&quot;]<b>France WWII</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1938<a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/1938.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/1938.html" rel="nofollow"></a>, France joined Great Britain<a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/in/Britain.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/in/Britain.html" rel="nofollow"></a> in an attempt to appease Nazi aggression. France signed the Munich Pact and helped give Germany<a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/in/Germany.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/in/Germany.html" rel="nofollow"></a> &quot;permission&quot; to invade the Sudeten territories of Czechoslovakia<a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/in/Czechoslovakia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/in/Czechoslovakia.html" rel="nofollow"></a>. It was soon clear that this attempt at appeasement failed.</p><p>After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, France declared war.</p><p>France&#039;s war against Germany did not last long. On June 22, 1940, France surrendered to Germany.</p><p>France was occupied by the Germans until 1944<a href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/1944.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldwar2history.info/1944.html" rel="nofollow"></a>. June 6 of that year was D-Day<a href="http://www.WorldWar2History.info/D-Day/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.WorldWar2History.info/D-Day/" rel="nofollow"></a>. A massive Allied<a href="http://www.WorldWar2History.info/war/Allies.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.WorldWar2History.info/war/Allies.html" rel="nofollow"></a> force invaded the beaches of Normandy<a href="http://www.WorldWar2History.info/Normandy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.WorldWar2History.info/Normandy/" rel="nofollow"></a>.</p><p>Through the summer and fall, the Allies pushed eastward through France towards Germany. In August, Allied troops also landed in the South of France.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201227.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>France - 10 Centimes - 1941 - KM #896</p><p>[ATTACH]201024.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201025.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>France - 10 Centimes - .1941. - KM #897</p><p>[ATTACH]201026.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]201027.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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