Post by privatepete » Sat Jun 03, am. Post by Stokesy44 » Sat Jun 03, am. Post by privatepete » Sun Jun 04, am. Post by privatepete » Mon Jun 05, am. Post by privatepete » Tue Jun 06, am. Post by privatepete » Tue Jun 06, pm. Post by privatepete » Thu Jun 08, am. Post by privatepete » Sat Jun 10, pm. Post by Tomcat64 » Mon Jun 12, am. Post by privatepete » Thu Jun 15, pm.
Post by Lysus » Thu Jun 15, pm. Post by Tomcat64 » Thu Jun 15, pm. Post by Stokesy44 » Fri Jun 16, am. Post by privatepete » Fri Jun 16, am. Post by privatepete » Mon Jun 19, pm. Skip to content. Quick links. By 3 June, the British Army had withdrawn from Dunkirk and the continent in Operation Dynamo, the Netherlands and Belgium had surrendered and most of the formations of the French Army were disbanded or destroyed.
To complete the defeat of France, the Germans undertook a second phase operation, Fall Rot Case Red , to conquer the remaining regions. In order to do this, air supremacy was required. For the operation, the Germans committed five Air Corps to the attack, comprising 1, aircraft.
The operation was launched on 3 June However, British intelligence had warned the French of the impending attack and the ensuing operation failed to achieve the strategic results desired by the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe High Command of the Air Force. Fortunately for the Luftwaffe, the plight of the French ground and air forces at this stage meant the failure of the operation would not impede the defeat of France.
Bad weather had prevented the operation. The objectives of the operation was broad in its scope. Among the elimination of French airfields and aircraft factories around Paris,in von Waldau's words, the bombing was to "achieve a desirable influence on the morale of the capital". German reconnaissance aircraft reported 1, aircraft on airfields in and around Paris, including — single engine aircraft. This force of French air power was to be destroyed along with the aviation factories in the area.
