Chancellor Hitler's Headquarters have released a detailed report on the Second German Offensive in France, which began on June 5 and ended when, on June 25, the Armistice went into effect. “Facts in Review” herewith presents an authorized translation of this historic communiqué.
The battle of annihilation in Flanders and Artois had scarcely ended when a second decisive assault on France was launched by the Air Force and the Army. Many divisions which had not seen previous fighting went into action.
Preceding the new operations was the attack on airports and airplane armament factories near Paris. This was carried out on June 3 by strong units of the German Air Force and resulted in the destruction of the objectives. Three units of the German Army under the command of Colonel General von Brauchitsch were ready for action the next day. They were headed by Colonel Generals von Rundstedt, von Bock, and Ritter von Loeb. The objective of this new offensive was to break through the northern French front, to throw the enemy forces back to the southwest and southeast, and after splitting them, to accomplish their annihilation.
