{"id":96196,"date":"2025-06-22T04:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=96196"},"modified":"2025-06-21T14:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T18:21:33","slug":"day-four-the-meuse-must-hold-ten-days-in-sedan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/06\/22\/day-four-the-meuse-must-hold-ten-days-in-sedan\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Four &#8211; The Meuse Must Hold! &#8211; Ten Days in Sedan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PPBmoWBEJDE?si=3MH8MbEGWGl1ycnd\" 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 21 Jun 2025<\/p>\n<p>May 13, 1940: In today\u2019s episode of our WW2 documentary, Ten Days in Sedan, the German <em>Blitzkrieg<\/em> reaches its climax. Guderian&#8217;s Panzers launch a daring river assault as the <em>Luftwaffe<\/em> pounds French lines into chaos. Away from Sedan itself, Rommel and Reinhardt strike further north, opening new fronts. France scrambles to counterattack, but the German bridgeheads are growing fast.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:48 French Defences, German Air Assault<br \/>\n04:13 Guderian Crosses The Meuse<br \/>\n08:25 Hartlieb\u2019s Houx Crossing<br \/>\n11:28 Rommel Crosses At Dinant<br \/>\n16:04 Einhardt Crosses At Montherm\u00e9<br \/>\n19:15 Summary &#038; Conclusion<br \/>\n<!--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 \/>\nWritten by: James Newman, Tom Aldis<br \/>\nResearch by: James Newman, Tom Aldis<br \/>\nSpecial thanks to Richard Tucker<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nEdited by: Karolina Do\u0142\u0119ga<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\nBundesarchiv<br \/>\nNational Archives NARA<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dark Beginning&#8221; &#8211; Johan Hynynen<br \/>\n&#8220;Force Matrix&#8221; &#8211; Jon Bjork<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s Not a Game&#8221; &#8211; Philip Ayers<br \/>\n&#8220;Last Man Standing 3&#8221; &#8211; Johannes Bornl\u00f6f<br \/>\n&#8220;Last Point of Safe Return&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Leave It All Here&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;March Of The Brave 10&#8221; &#8211; Rannar Sillard &#8211; Test<br \/>\n&#8220;Never Before&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Please Hear Me Out STEMS INSTRUMENTS&#8221; &#8211; Philip Ayers<br \/>\n&#8220;The End Of The World 2&#8221; &#8211; H\u00e5kan Eriksson<br \/>\n&#8220;The Inspector 4&#8221; &#8211; Johannes Bornl\u00f6f<br \/>\n&#8220;Weapon of Choice&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 21 Jun 2025 May 13, 1940: In today\u2019s episode of our WW2 documentary, Ten Days in Sedan, the German Blitzkrieg reaches its climax. 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