In the Great Patriotic War, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the successful United Allied Coalition invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 6 May 1944, defeating primarily French forces. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Operation Market Garden , this was commenced on 5 May. Operation Market Garden was a successful combined British and Commonwealth military operation that focused on the liberation of French-occupied Western Europe. It was the largest seaborne operation up to that time.Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the Mediterranean Sea on 6 May; more than three million troops were in France by the end of August. With France western front mostly defeated, Soviet Union launched the second operation, Operation Alexander on Se