1940

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File:Hitler in Paris.jpg A day after France signed the armistice with Germany in June 1940, Adolf Hitler and his entourage tour Paris.
In 1940 the Germany army defeated the French army and installed a puppet government in Vichy.

World War II

The Germany army secured victory over France, which surrendered in June 1940.