{"id":96120,"date":"2025-06-15T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=96120"},"modified":"2025-06-14T16:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T20:04:05","slug":"day-three-guderian-rommel-and-the-race-to-cross-the-meuse-ten-days-in-sedan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/06\/15\/day-three-guderian-rommel-and-the-race-to-cross-the-meuse-ten-days-in-sedan\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Three &#8211; Guderian, Rommel, and The Race to Cross The Meuse &#8211; Ten Days in Sedan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uALxaLnxZQQ?si=um301fb8_xL8qw9q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 14 Jun 2025<\/p>\n<p>May 12, 1940: <em>Blitzkrieg<\/em>, WW2&#8217;s new form of war, arrives in Sedan as Heinz Guderian&#8217;s Panzers capture the town and prepare to cross the river. Further north, Erwin Rommel drives toward the Meuse in the face of fierce French resistance. With the Luftwaffe dominating the skies and French reinforcements en route, the battle for Sedan is about to ignite.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/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\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><br \/>\nArchive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCo-produced by: James Newman<br \/>\nCreative Director: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Anna Deinhard &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nWritten by: James Newman &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nResearch by: James Newman &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nMap research by: Tom Aldis<br \/>\nEdited by: Simon James<br \/>\nColor grading by: Simon James<br \/>\nArtwork by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski and Simon J. 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