France and Britain's Responses to 1938–1940 Events

France

• 1938: Signed Munich Agreement (Sudetenland to Germany); declared war on Germany after Poland invasion (Sept).
• 1939: Germany invaded France/Low Countries (May); France defeated, signed armistice (June); Vichy government formed (July).
• 1940: Germany occupied Vichy zone (June); Vichy signed armistice (July), ending French resistance.

Britain

• 1938: Signed Munich Agreement; declared war on Germany (Sept).
• 1939: Germany invaded Low Countries/France (May); Dunkirk evacuation (June); Battle of Britain began (July).
• 1940: Battle of Britain ended in British victory (May); Germany invaded USSR (June); U.S. entered war (Dec).