1940 | The Fall of France | The Occupation of Scandinavia, the Balkans | History of WWII (Eng sub)

1940 - the year when Hitler conquered almost the whole of Europe. How did it happen that France surrendered in a month and why didn’t the Maginot Line help? How did Hitler save Mussolini from humiliation in Greece? How did people in occupied Paris live? All this in today’s video 00:00 INTRODUCTION 01:43 SCANDINAVIA IS UNDER ATTACK 07:35 WHAT IS THE LINE OF MAGINOT 12:17 INTRUSION INTO THE NETHERLANDS 14:14 BELGIUM SEIZURE 16:15 THE MAGINOT LINE BREAKTHROUGH 22:39 DUNKIRK 26:07 THE SECOND COMPIEGNE ARMISTICE 28:28 COLLABORATIONIST VICHY REGIME 31:37 MARSHAL PETAIN 34:53 LIFE IN THE OCCUPIED FRANCE 52:18 PARIS IN OCCUPATION 59:22 THE BALKANS CAMPAIGN 01:06:47 THE WAR CONTINUES