france signed an armistice with germany on 22 june 1940.
when did france sign an armistice with germany?
22 june 1940
signatories for germany included senior military officers like wilhelm keitel, the commander-in-chief of the wehrmacht (the german armed forces), while those on the french side were more junior, such as general charles huntziger. following the decisive german victory in the battle of france (10 may–21 june 1940), this armistice established a german occupation zone in northern and western france that encompassed all english channel and atlantic ocean ports and left the remainder "free" to be governed by the french. adolf hitler deliberately chose compiègne forest as the site to sign the armistice due to its symbolic role as the site of the 1918 armistice with germany that signaled the end of world war i with germany's surrender.
armistice of 22 june 1940
bullet::::- may 26 – at dover, england, charles ii of england and louis xiv of france sign the secret treaty of dover, ending hostilities between their kingdoms. louis will give charles 200,000 pounds annually. in return charles will relax the laws against catholics, gradually re-catholicize england, support french policy against the dutch, and convert to catholicism himself.









































bullet::::- june 1 – in dover, england, charles ii of england and louis xiv of france sign the secret treaty of dover, which will force england into the third anglo-dutch war.
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