{"id":98584,"date":"2025-10-18T04:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=98584"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:05:49","slug":"the-battle-of-sedan-the-anatomy-of-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/10\/18\/the-battle-of-sedan-the-anatomy-of-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of Sedan: The Anatomy of Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EoKmcTS6xy8?si=fOyURebudQUI1x1_\" 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 17 Oct 2025<\/p>\n<p>In May 1940, a period of ten days flipped the world order on its head. France, the titan of the Great War, was carved apart by the armored fist of the <em>Wehrmacht<\/em>: <em>Panzergruppe<\/em> Kleist. Now, in this new feature-length production, we explore why it happened, whether this was ever avoidable, and whether France&#8217;s flaws stemmed from incompetence, or something far more sinister.<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>Narrated by: Tom Aldis<br \/>\nGuest Historians: Indy Neidell<br \/>\n, Spartacus Olsson,<br \/>\nJames Newman,<br \/>\nRoger Schmidt<br \/>\nDirector: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCo-produced by: James Newman<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: Clara Wahlig<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Anna Deinhard &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nWritten by: Tom Aldis and James Newman<br \/>\nResearch by: James Newman and Tom Aldis<br \/>\nMap animations and research by: Daniel Weiss and Andreas Olsson<br \/>\nEdited by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nArtwork by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<\/p>\n<p>Colorizations by: Miko\u0142aj Uchman, Daniel Weiss, Cassowary Colorizations &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cassowarycolor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.cassowarycolor.com\/<\/a>, Julius J\u00e4\u00e4skel\u00e4inen &#8211; \/jjcolorization  <\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\nECPAD\/D\u00e9fense<br \/>\nTh\u00e9r\u00e8se Bonney, \u00a9 The Regents of the University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 17 Oct 2025 In May 1940, a period of ten days flipped the world order on its head. 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