{"id":88062,"date":"2024-06-26T02:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=88062"},"modified":"2024-03-14T20:27:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T00:27:25","slug":"why-the-allies-lost-the-battle-of-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/06\/26\/why-the-allies-lost-the-battle-of-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Allies Lost The Battle of France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n59SIJNaNao?si=3oBWs-a_HMMUmvJn\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Mar 1, 2024<\/p>\n<p>In May 1940, Nazi Germany attacks in the West. The Allied armies of France, Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands have more men, guns, and tanks than the Germans do \u2013 and the French army is considered the best in the world. But in just six weeks, German forces shock the world and smash the Allies. 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Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nBerben, Paul\/ Iselin, Bernard, <em>Les panzers passent la Meuse (13 mai 1940)<\/em>, Paris, 1967.<br \/>\nEllis, Lionel F., <em>The War in France and Flanders 1939\u20131940<\/em>, London 1953.<br \/>\nFrieser, Karl-Heinz, <em>Blitzkrieg-Legende. Der Westfeldzug 1940, 5. Aufl.<\/em>, Berlin\/Boston 2021.<br \/>\nG\u00f6rlitz, Walter (Hg.), <em>Generalfeldmarschall Keitel. Verbrecher oder Offizier? Erinnerungen,<br \/>\nBriefe, Dokumente des Chefs OKW<\/em>, G\u00f6ttingen 1961.<br \/>\nHalder, Franz: <em>Kriegstagebuch. 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