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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.

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Hitler explains this in his book Mein Kampf.

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Q: Why did Germany want to capture Paris?
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What was the capture of Paris?

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.


What year did Germany invade France and capture Paris?

June 22, 1940 France surrendered to Germany


What was directly caused by Germany's attack on Belgium?

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.


On what date did Germany capture Moscow?

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What happend after the allied forces captured the capital of France?

The capture of Paris in WW 2 by the Allies, was another step towards their invasion of Germany.


Why wouldn't Hitler capture Germany?

Hitler was incharge of germany- he did not have to capture it.


Why did Germany want Paris?

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


What did Germany capture when they invaded France?

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.


Driving distance Paris to hanover Germany?

The driving distance from Paris, France to Hanover, Germany is 476.97mi / 767.6km


What by what route did Germany invade France?

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


What is farther Frankfurt Germany to Paris or Frankfurt Germany to Amsterdam?

Frankfurt to Paris is 573km and Frankfurt to Amsterdam is 442km. So Paris is farther from Frankfurt than Amsterdam.


How long did it take Germany to capture Paris in 1940?

It was a total of 46 days.Sadly, the French Army had been infiltrated by COmmunists who encouraged their fellow soldiers to throw down their rifles and surrender to the German. At the time Germany was still an ally of COmmunist Russia