 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 10 May Hondo yeKunyepedzera yakapera nekupinda kweGermany kwakaparariraNyika dzepasi dzisina kwazvakarerekera dzeBelgium, Netherlands, neLuxembourg, uye kupinda muFrance vachipfuura masvingo eFrance eMaginot Line pamuganhu neGermany. Mushure mokupinda muNetherlands, Belgium, neLuxembourg, Germany yakatendeukira kuFrance, ichipinda munyika kuburikidza neArdennes musi wa13 May - vaFrance vakanga vasiya nzvimbo iyi isina kudzivirirwa zvakanaka, vachifunga kuti nzvimbo yayo yakanga isingapfuuriki nematanki nedzimwe motokari. Mauto mazhinji eAllied akanga ari muFlanders, achitarisira kudzokororwa kweHondo Yenyika I Schlieffen Plan, uye akadziviswa kubva kunyika yeFrance. Somugumisiro weizvi, uyewo kukurukurirana kwepamusoro kweGermany uye nzira, Hondo yeFrance yakanga iri pfupi kupfuura zvose zvisati zvaitika zveHondo yeHondo yeHondo yaigona kunge yakafungidzirwa. Kwakatora mavhiki matanhatu chete. Musi wa 10 June Italy yakazivisa hondo kuFrance neUnited Kingdom asi haina kubudirira zvikuru muhondo iyi. Hurumende yeFrance yakabva muParis, uye nokukurumidza, France yakapa musi wa22 June. Kuti awedzere kunyadziswa kwavanhu veFrance nenyika yacho imene, Hitler akaronga kuti gwaro rokukundwa risayinwe muSango reCompiègne, mumotokari imwe cheteyo yechitima umo kukundwa kweGermany kwakanga kwasayinwa muna 1918. Kuzviisa pasi kwakakamura France kuva zvikamu zviviri zvikuru; rutivi rwokuchamhembe rwaiva pasi pokutonga kweGermany, uye rutivi rwokumaodzanyemba rwaiva pasi pokutonga kweFrance, rwaiva muVichy uye rwaizivikanwa seVichy France, nyika yaitsigira Germany. Varwi vakawanda vokuFrance, pamwe chete nevokune dzimwe nyika dzakanga dzapambwa, vakatizira kuBritain. General de Gaulle akazvizivisa amene kuva mutungamiriri wepamutemo weFrance Yakasununguka uye akapika kupfuurira kurwa. Pashure pokukunda nokukurumidza kusingatarisirwi, Hitler akasimudzira vakuru vakuru 12 kuchinzvimbo chema field marshal mukati me 1940 Field Marshal Ceremony. 