There were two amphibious landings in France. Northern France - Operation OVERLORD was the code name for the landings at Normandy. It had some different names during the early planning stages. Southern France - Operation DRAGOON was the code name for the landings on 15 August 1944 by the US VI Corps.
The first day of the allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France was 6 June 1944, now called D-Day.
There are no mountains between France and Germany. The southern part of the French-German is formed by the river Rhine. The northern part is hilly in places, but definately not mountainous.
The plan for dividing France was called the Congress System.
France was not colonized as that term is generally understood.During the Modern Era, when what is usually called "colonialism" occurred, France was too powerful to be occupied an colonized. However, the entire development of France occurred when Gaul (the old name for France) was a province of the Roman Empire. This Roman control could easily be seen as a colonization in the Ancient Period. Even earlier, cities in Gaul along the Mediterranean, like Marseilles, were Ancient Greek colonies in what was otherwise "barbarian" territory.
The name of the plateau in southern France is called the Massif Central. It is a mountainous plateau region that covers a significant portion of central and southern France.
France didn't split into two governments in WW2.The Nothern and coastal regions were occupied by the Nazis, and controlled by the German government.The part of France that was not occupied by the Germans (but did collaborate with them), called Vichy France (Vichy being the seat of the government), was governed by Petain.
Southern France is called by the local people as le Midi
The Pyrenees mountain range is on the southern boundary of France.
The imaginary line dividing the northern portion of the globe from the southern is called the Equator. It is located at 0 degrees latitude and circles the Earth horizontally.
Re: the Southern area/region's popular name.
There was Occupied France , occupied by German miitary and the Waffen-SS, as a flag of convenience, SS-men in France were called Feld-gendarmerie rather than Feld Poilzei (Mqans the same thing) the British coined the phrase (Vichy France) to describe the southern command of France, occupied by the Nazis in the town ot Vichy. They anted a neat little noun-clause like Nazi Germany. By the way the French did not employ the term Vichy France, but used Occupied France instead.l Occupied by the Germans that is. The De Gaullists and resitance talked of Free French and the miitanrt resistance movement , but properly on the ground there was no differfence bbertween Vichy France and the Real or other France,it was not like the USin the Civil war with Blue and Grey factions. as explained above the French did not use the phrase (Vichy France) and to them it sounded funny, like Brooklyn American, as Vichy is a Part of France- not the whole thing. it is an interesting topic they did use different flags and insignia than Pre-war France, naturally and used a double-headed axe instead of the more traditional French insignia.
There is no recognized country or entity called the "Pyrenees Republic." The Pyrenees is a mountain range in Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain. If you are referring to a specific region or entity, please provide more context.
In 1940, France was invaded by German troops. The country was divided in two parts - The North occupied and ruled by Germany. The South called Etat Français - which was governed by the Petain's collaboration regim. But in November 1942, Germans will annex the south part.
The cold northerly winds of southern France are called the Mistral. These winds can be strong and can have a significant impact on the weather and climate in the region.
The top number of a fraction is called the numerator. The bottom number of a fraction is called the denominator.
Germany and France. The part of Germany that they occupied was eventually called West Germany, while the Russians occupied East Germany.