day, German forces crossed the Upper Rhine in mass at Breisach. The French government eventually agreed to an armistice on 22 June; the armistice went into force at 01:35 on 25 June.

On 19 July 1940, Leeb was promoted to Generalfeldmarschall.

On 25 August 1940, Army Group C was ordered back into Germany, where it initially was to take up training tasks during the transitionary period between the German invasion of France and the imminent German invasion of the Soviet Union

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