<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IRiphabhuliki Yesithathu YaseFrance yayiqale impi ngo-September 1939 ngasohlangothini lwamaZwe Ahlangene. Ngo - May 10, 1940, yahlaselwa amaNazi aseJalimane. AmaNazi aphula ngokushesha imigqa yeZizwe Ezihlangene ngokudlula uMugqa kaMaginot owawuqiniswe kakhulu futhi ahlasela iBelgium. Maphakathi noJune, isimo sezempi samaFulentshi sasisibi, futhi kwacaca ukuthi impi yeFrance Enkulu yayingeke inqotshwe. Uhulumeni waseFrance waqala ukuxoxa ngamathuba okwenza ukuthula. UPaul Reynaud wasula esikhundleni sakhe njengoNdunankulu, kunokuba asayine isivumelwano sokuyekisa ukulwa, futhi esikhundleni sakhe kwaqokwa uMarschall Philippe Pétain, iqhawe leMpi Yezwe I. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, uPétain wasayina isivumelwano sokuyekisa ukulwa sango-22 Juni 1940  <response>: . futhi. NgoJulayi 10, iRiphabhulikhi Yesithathu yaqedwa ngempumelelo njengoba iPétain yanikezwa amandla wobushiqela yiNational Assembly. 