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 | 1940-06-24 | 1940-06-25 | British Commandos | British commandos make their first raids on the coast of France south of Boulogne sur Mer. | Read about 'British Commandos' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'British Commandos' |
| 1940-06-22 | Armistice | French General Charles Huntziger signs the second armistice between France and Germany, at Compiegne. It established a German occupation zone in Northern France (including Atlantic and Channel ports). The remainder is governed by the French Vichy regime. | Read about 'Armistice' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Armistice' | |
| 1940-06-17 | Lancastria | The British liner Lancastria is sunk while evacuating troops from France. Three thousand lives are lost. | Read about 'Lancastria' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Lancastria' | |
| 1940-06-14 | Fall of Paris | Having entered the city on the 4th of June, German troops complete the occupation of Paris. | Read about 'Fall of Paris' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Fall of Paris' | |
| 1940-06-12 | 51st Highland Division | 152nd and 153rd Brigades of the 51st Highland Infantry Division and elements of the French 10th army are trapped and subsequently surrender to Erwin Rommel. | Read about '51st Highland Division' on WikiPedia | Discuss '51st Highland Division' | |
| 1940-06-10 | Paris an open city | The French government flees to Bordeaux. They declare Paris an 'open city' to avoid its destruction. | Read about 'Paris an open city' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Paris an open city' | |
| 1940-06-08 | HMS Glorius | The British carrier Glorious and two escorting destroyers are sunk, when they encounter the German battlecruisers Schanhorst and Gneisenau while returning from Norway. | Read about 'HMS Glorius' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'HMS Glorius' | |
| 1940-05-28 | Operation Dynamo | On this day the Belgian Army Capitulates and Operation Dynamo continues. | Read about 'Operation Dynamo' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Dynamo' | |
| 1940-05-27 | Calais | German troops enter Calais. | Read about 'Calais' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Calais' | |
| 1940-05-27 | Le Paradis massacre | 99 POWs from the Royal Norfolk Regiment are massacred by German troops from 14th Company, 3rd SS Division Totenkopf. Two men survive to testify against SS Hauptsturmfhrer Fritz Knchlein at trial. He is executed. | Read about 'Le Paradis massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Le Paradis massacre' |
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