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Allied troops massed on the beach at Dunkirk
on the morning of June 4, they still capture some 40,000 men. While the success of the evacuation has exceeded Churchill’s expectations, the troops arriving in England have lost virtually all their heavy equipment and weapons.
On June 5, the German attack on the Somme River Line begins. The French have reorganized their forces, but there is little they can do to stop the Germans. On June 6, the line is breached between Amiens and the coast. Eight days later Paris falls.
German troops marching through the Arch de Triomphe in Paris
