<prompt> Kunyange zvazvo hurumende dzeFrance neBritain dzakazivisa hondo kuGermany pashure pokupinda kweGermany muPoland pakuvamba kwaSeptember 1939, mumugwagwa weParis makanga musina kuchinja kamwe kamwe, kunyange pashure pokunge Soviet Union yapinda muPoland ichibva kune rumwe rutivi vhiki mbiri gare gare. Zvisinei, musi waMay 10, 1940, uto reGermany rakapinda muFrance, uye nguva ino zvaiitika muParis zvakakurumidza kuitika, zvikurukuru kune vaimbova nhapwa dzezvematongerwe enyika dzokuGermany. Vakadzi vose vechiGermany muFrance vakarayirwa kuti vaende kuzviremera musi wa13 May 1940. Irene Wosikowski akanga asingakwanisi kuita zvaidiwa nokuti akasungwa usiku hwaMay 1213 ndokuenda kumusasa wevasungwa weGurs kumaodzanyemba kweBordeaux. Mauto eGermany akakunda kuchamhembe kweFrance mumavhiki anenge matanhatu. Mumigariro yechibvumirano chehondo yeFrance neGermany  <response>: musi wa22 June 1940 hafu yokuchamhembe kweFrance yakanga yava kufanira kuiswa pasi pokudzora zvakananga kweGermany, nepo hafu yokumaodzanyemba - yakatsanangurwa panguva iyoyo senzvimbo yakasununguka, yaifanira kutarisirwa kubva kuVichy nehurumende yechidhori yaizotungamirirwa negamba rinoremekedzwa rehondo reFrance. Kwemakore mashomanana akatevera kuzvitonga kwakaganhurirwa kwehurumende yeVichy kwaizodzikiswazve, asi muna 1940 zvaive zvakakosha kuti musasa wevasungwa wakanga usiri mu nzvimbo yakatorwa asi, pamwe chete nemaguta anokosha eToulouse, Lyon neMarseilles, mu nzvimbo yakasununguka. 