battle_of_france | commander | gerd_von_rundstedt <tsp> airey_neave | battles | battle_of_france <sep> the battle of france (french: bataille de france) (10 may – 25 june 1940), also known as the western campaign (westfeldzug), the french campaign (german: frankreichfeldzug, campagne de france) and the fall of france, was the german invasion of france during the second world war france and the low countries were conquered, ending land operations on the western front until the normandy landings on 6 june 1944 on 3 september 1939, france declared war on germany following the german invasion of poland in early september 1939, france began the limited saar offensive but by mid-october had withdrawn to their start lines german armies invaded belgium, luxembourg, the netherlands, and france on 10 may 1940 
gerd von rundstedt was a commander in the battle of france and one of the people involved in that battle was airey neave.the battle of france was the german invasion of france during the second world war