World War II broke out on 3 September, with Calais falling into German hands on 25 May 1940. The Pas-de-Calais department became a zone of special control, administered by the "Oberkommando der Wehrmacht" in Brussels, Belgium. Along the coast was the "red zone". It was said that French law did not apply in this zone. Under the terms of the armistice, France was to hand over its railways to the Germans undamaged and was to work with the German authorities to restore them to serviceable condition. In 1940, civilian passenger services were reduced to twice daily, although other trains would have been run for the military of conscripted personnel. In 1942, the "Marine Verpflegungsamt" (MVA) became responsible for running the VFIL system in Pas-de-Calais. In 1943, the MVA required the TvAPA to transport 240 tonnes of material a day in support of the construction of launch sites for V-1 flying bombs at Journy. In 1943, freight services were running twice daily, three days a week.