After France fell to the Axis powers in 1940, what percentage of the country was placed under German control?
A. 25 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 60 percent
D. 100 percent

Respuesta :

25 % of the population was in controlled by Germany after France fell to the Axis power. Germany ruled over France and made things that caused the French people to create a revolution. This was one of the greatest revolution so far in the history where the French people united just to get their freedom back.

Correct answer choice is:

B. 50 percent

Explanation:

France Capitulates to Nazi Germany. On June 22, 1940, the French state approved a cease-fire with Nazi Germany just six weeks after the Nazis began their incursion of Western Europe.

Paris began preparing for combat in September 1939, when Nazi Germany overran Poland, but the combat appeared far beyond until May 10, 1940, when the Germans invaded France and immediately took the French troops. The French administration left Paris on June 10, and the Germans controlled the capital on June 14.