In World War II, capturing the capital of France was an important step in the conquest of Europe. Germany moved quickly to take the city. It went down with almost no resistance.
US, England, France, I think Austria, Germany, and Russia did not attend. But you might want to go to wikepedia for that.
Russia and Germany.
Allied Powers
Germany and Russia were condemed. Germany was condemned for their unrestricted submarine warfare and was excluded from the league of nations.
Russia, and more importantly and probably erroneously Germany.
Well in WWII The capture of Paris was when Germany fought to the capital of France, which is Paris. They captures the city and officially occupied France. This spawned the creation of Vichy France to the south.
June 22, 1940 France surrendered to Germany
Germany attacked Belgium as a way to avoid the French army and capture Paris. The Germans thought that they could capture Paris quickly and this would cause England to give up in assisting the French.
Germany did not capture Moscow
The capture of Paris in WW 2 by the Allies, was another step towards their invasion of Germany.
Hitler was incharge of germany- he did not have to capture it.
part of European conquest and rub the noses of the french for the surrender of Germany after WW1. signing being done in France. Germany just getting back to the WW1 victors
When Germany invaded France they took over Paris and many other cities. They took over the coastline to prepare for the invasion of the Allies. They captured Jews and sent them to concentration camps to be used as slave labor or to murder.
The driving distance from Paris, France to Hanover, Germany is 476.97mi / 767.6km
to invade france easily the Nazi's had to take a less direct route to Paris to capture france directly so to capture france they must've planned ahead of time to devise a strategal plot to go straight in the country with few casualties
Frankfurt to Paris is 573km and Frankfurt to Amsterdam is 442km. So Paris is farther from Frankfurt than Amsterdam.
Traveling Germany on train is simple and there are many routes available to travelers. The highspeed train that connects Germany to Paris is the ICE line. The night train available from Germany to Paris is the City Night Line.