HITLER TURNS TO BRITAIN

The situation facing Adolf Hitler in the summer of 1940 was quite unexpected and left him uncertain as to his next moves. When German forces launched their attack on the Western states on 10 May 1940, there was no certainty that a quick victory would be the result. Yet so effective was the German battle plan, Operation Sickle Cut, that the combined forces of the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Britain were unable to prevent a swift and comprehensive defeat. The Dutch army surrendered on 14 May, and the Belgian army on 28 May. The British Expeditionary Force was forced to retreat back to Britain from Dunkirk, undefeated but without its equipment. On 17 June, France sued for an armistice and the war on Continental Europe ended after just six weeks…

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