Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin Duniya na II ya ɓarke a ranar 3 ga Satumba, 1939. A ranar 7 ga Mayu, 1940, an ba da rahoto ga sashen cewa duk kayan aiki da tasirin daga depot a Saint-Martin-Boulogne sun ɓace banda manyan abubuwa. Dukkanin locomotives guda shida suna cikin depot, amma an cire su daga karafa masu daraja kamar jan ƙarfe. An rushe karusai kuma an cire duk katako. Wata babbar mota ce kawai ta rage. Aikin tattara cikakken kaya ya shawo kan gaskiyar cewa depot din ya mallaki wani rukunin motoci na sojojin Faransa. An bayar da rahoton cewa abin da aka bari ya kasance a cikin mummunan yanayin lalacewa kawai ya dace da ɓarna kuma cewa akwai sata da fashi da yawa. Boulogne ya fada hannun Jamus a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1940. Ma'aikatar Pas-de-Calais ta zama yankin da ke da iko na musamman, wanda "Oberkommando der Wehrmacht" ke gudanarwa a Brussels, Belgium. A bakin tekun akwai "yankin da ake kira Red Zone". An ce dokar Faransa ba ta aiki a wannan yankin. A karkashin yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta
, Faransa za ta ba da layin dogo ga Jamusawa ba tare da lalacewa ba kuma za ta yi aiki tare da hukumomin Jamus don dawo da su zuwa yanayin aiki.