{"id":48156,"date":"2019-05-02T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=48156"},"modified":"2019-04-30T10:58:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T14:58:31","slug":"the-french-char-b-tank-world-war-two-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/05\/02\/the-french-char-b-tank-world-war-two-special\/","title":{"rendered":"The French Char B Tank &#8211; WORLD WAR TWO Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zc2GLFYBeAw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Published on 30 Apr 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the Great War was over, the French reconsidered their army&#8217;s function and the role that tanks would play in future warfare. On the brink of World War Two, the Char B tank is deeply embedded in the structure of the French armoured defences. David Willey from the Tank Museum in Bovington (UK) tells how French politics influenced how the Char B will be used if the Germans attack. To learn more about the technical details of the Char B, check out the Tank Chat that David Fletcher from the Tank Museum has done about the Char B-1 Bis: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tz8L1FU74Rs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tz8L1&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the Tank Museum YouTube Channel right here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheTankMuseum\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheTankM&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @World_war_two_realtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fworld_war_t&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=oQWzFrdUSCeUWR0ur09nKoK77jp8MTU1NjcyMTYwMkAxNTU2NjM1MjAy&#038;v=Zc2GLFYBeAw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/world_war_t&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSource list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written and Hosted by: David Willey and Indy Neidell<br \/>\nProduced and Directed by: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Bodo Rittenauer, Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Joram Appel<br \/>\nPost Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns<br \/>\nResearch by: David Willey<br \/>\nEdited by: Wieke Kapteijns<\/p>\n<p>Archive by Screenocean\/Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>44 minutes ago (edited)<\/em><br \/>\nDavid Willey from the Tank Museum in Bovington (UK) explains brilliantly what impact French politics in the 1920s and 1930s had on the development and use of French tanks leading up to World War Two. On their own channel, the Tank Museums own David Flecher dives into the technical ins and outs of the Char B-1 tank. You can find that right here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tz8L1FU74Rs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tz8L1FU74Rs<\/a> Make sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel too, as it perfectly compliments the content that we show here. Cheers!\ufeff <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published on 30 Apr 2019 After the Great War was over, the French reconsidered their army&#8217;s function and the role that tanks would play in future warfare. On the brink of World War Two, the Char B tank is deeply embedded in the structure of the French armoured defences. 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