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| 0978 | Otto II |  |
| Lorraine Drives the French out of Lorraine |
| 1214 | Otto IV | |
| July Otto IV invades France in support of King John |
| 1792 | Ferdinand | |
| 19th Aug Brunswick leads an Allied Army into France |
| 1813 | Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von | |
| 31st Dec River Rhine The Allied forces under Blucher cross the Rhine |
| 1873 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| 9th Jan German occupation forces begin to evacuate France following the death of Napoleon III |
| 8th Sep Germany completes it's evacuation of France |
| 1873 | Thiers, Louis Adolphie |  |
| 9th Jan German occupation forces begin to evacuate France following the death of Napoleon III |
| 1914 | Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von | |
| 24th Aug Lille Germany enters France near Lille |
| 1914 | Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Directs the German invasion of France |
| 1914 | Kluck | |
| 29th Aug River Somme Kluck crosses the Somme |
| 1st Sep River Oise Kluck crosses the Oise |
| 1st Sep Crepy en Valois Kluck reaches Crepy-en-Valois, 30 miles from Paris |
| 1st Sep Villers Kluck reaches Villers -Cotterets, 30 miles from Paris |
| 2nd Sep River Marne Kluck crosses the Marne |
| 3rd Sep Paris Advances the First Army to within 50 km east of Paris |
| 5th Sep Follows orders to withdraw his troops & join up with the 2nd Army |
| 1914 | Moltke | |
| France will be defeated in 6 weeks then Germany will concentrate on Russia |
| 1914 | Rupprecht | |
| Fails to break through French defences east of the Moselle & the Schlieffen Plan |
| 20th Aug Launches an attack on the French right |
| 1918 | Ludendorf, Erich von | |
| 27th May River Aisne 14 German divisions break through the Aisne advancing 10 miles |
| 1939 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 27th Sep Danzig Hitler informs some of his commanders that he intends to invade France |
| 1940 | Bock, Fedor von | |
| May Aix la Chapelle Commands 28 Divisions from the North Sea to Aix-la-Chapelle |
| 10th May Cross es the borders of Belgium & Holland towards France |
| 1940 | Guderian, Heinz | |
| Guderain's blitzkrieg policy is accepted by the German High Command |
| 19th May Advances as far as the Channel Coast |
| 22nd June Advanced as far as the Swiss border when France surrenders |
| 1940 | Halder, Franz von | |
| 16th May Writes in his diary, "the breakthrough is developing along completely classical lines" |
| 17th May Believes France can be broken in a single sweep to the sth west |
| 17th May Claims there is little danger of an Allied attack on the northern flank of the "Bulge" |
| 17th May Wishes to reduce the 2 operational phases to 1 |
| 1940 | Heinrici, Gotthard | |
| 14th June Maginot Line Heinrici breaks through the Maginot Line |
| 1940 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| Margival Sets up his HQ in Margival near Soissons during the German invasion of France |
| 10th May Munstereifel Hitler takes up his battle HQ at Munstereifel on the Siegfried Line |
| 24th May Charleville Times the 2nd phase of the invasion of France for 31st May at a Council of War |
| 10th June Mussolini enters the war against France |
| Sep Army Group D is formed to occupy France |
| 1940 | Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von | |
| May Ardennes Commands 5 Panzer & 3 motorised Divisions through the Ardennes |
| May In the battle of France commands Panzergruppe von Kleist, consisting of XLI Panzer Corps and XIX Panzer Corps (under Heinz Guderian), the two southernmost armoured corps in the drive to the English Channel |
| 1940 | Kuechler, Georg von | |
| Commands the 18th Army during the invasion of France |
| 1940 | Langkeit, Willi | |
| Weygand Line Helps the Germans break through the Weygand Line into France |
| 1940 | Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von | |
| Epinal Belfort Encircles 4 French Armies in Epinal-Belfort |
| May River Moselle Commands 17 Divisions from the Moselle to the Swiss border |
| 1940 | Manstein, Fritz Erich von | |
| Ardennes Hitler approves of the Manstein Plan to invade France |
| Ardennes Manstein & his colleagues suggest the German Army should attack through the wooded Ardennes hills |
| Manstein serves under General Gunther von Kluge |
| Works with Guenther Blumentritt & Henning von Tresckow to develop the plan to invade France |
| 1940 | Richthofen, Wolfram von | |
| Commands the Fliegerkorps VIII, cousin of the "Red Knight" |
| 1940 | Roenne | |
| Sedan Advocates the German thrust into Sedan |
| 1940 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| 17th May River Sambre Moves westward in the direction of the River Sambre |
| 23rd May River Scarpe Rommel crosses the River Scarpe |
| 6th June River Somme Rommel's 7th Panzer Div crosses the River Somme |
| 9th June River Seine Rommel's 7th Panzer Div crosses the River Seine |
| 12th June St Valery Rommel's 7th Panzer Div reaches St Valery |
| 1940 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| Aix la Chapelle Leads the invasion of France wwith 44 Divisions from Aix-la-Chapelle to the Moselle |
| 1940 | Sperle, Hugo | |
| Commands the 3rd Air Fleet during Germany's invasion of France |
| 1940 | Sperrle, Hugo | |
| Supports Rundstedt's Army Group A in its invasion of France |
| 1942 | Felber, Hans-Gustav | |
| Dec The Army Felber is given the responsibility for the occupation of the Medierranean |
| 1942 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| July Plans are completed for the German occupation of France |
| 7th Nov Vichy Troops are alerted to the occupation of Vichy France |
| 11th Nov Toulon German troops advance as far as Toulon |
| 11th Nov Toulon German troops cross the demarcation line & occupy the Spanish border & Mediterranean |
| 1943 | Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf von | |
| 1st Oct River Rhone Reports the Rhone Valley, Toulon & Marsaille are tempting areas for Allied invasion |
| 1943 | Sodenstern, Georg von | |
| Sep The Sth of France is occupied by the 19th Army & the Italian 4th Army is relieved |
| 1944 | Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Jan Responsible for defending occupied France from Allied invasion |
