The Exodus (1940)
MASSIVE MOVEMENT OF BELGIAN, DUTCH, LUXEMBROUG, AND FRENCH POPULATIONS IN MAY-JUNE 1940, FOLLOWING THE GERMAN INVASION
1940 exodus and refugee crisis in France
The Exodus () refers to was a massive flight of Belgian, Dutch, Luxembourgish, and French populations in May – June 1940 when the German army invaded Belgium, the Netherlands, and the majority of French territory during the Battle of France, after the breakthrough at Sedan. This exodus is one of the largest refugee crisis in the French history, and also one of thee largest population movements of the 20th century in Western Europe.