Editing Fall Rot (section)

===French preparations===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1971-083-01, Frankreich, französische Flüchtlinge.jpg|thumb|[[War refugee]]s on a French road]]
By the end of May 1940, the best-equipped French armies had been sent north and lost in {{lang|de|[[Fall Gelb]]}} and the [[Dunkirk evacuation|evacuation from Dunkirk]], which cost the Allies {{nowrap|61 divisions.}} French commander [[Maxime Weygand]] was faced with the prospect of defending a {{cvt|965|km|mi}} front from [[Sedan, Ardennes|Sedan]], along the Aisne and Somme rivers to Abbeville on [[English Channel|the Channel]], with {{nowrap|64 French}} divisions. The [[51st (Highland) Infantry Division]] and a few British divisions being sent to French ports south of the Somme to form the "2nd BEF" were the only British contribution. Weygand lacked reserves to counter a breakthrough against {{nowrap|142 German}} divisions and the {{lang|de|[[Luftwaffe]]}}, which had air supremacy, except over the English Channel.{{sfn|Healy|Prigent|2008|p=84}}