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What the actual reason France was defeated in 1940 and instead of keep on fighting from colonies surrendered?
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lol but papa von Runstedt was like 90 too !Their Generals were 100 years old, and their military strategy was even more out of date
For example, military intelligence warned of the possibility of "Plan Yellow", but this warning was buried under multiple others and rejected by the people in higher level operations cells, that regarded the guys in Intel as being a bunch of right wing paranoids any way.
They were one of the true Western Democracy answerable to their electorate who really really did not want another European war
One officer in military Intel warned about the possibility of a strike through the Ardennes. Army HQ asked tank experts to review the report and they dismissed it. But at higher levels most reports were formulated in "cover your ass"style listing all possibilities and not really commiting to one.Wow, really? Did the guys in Intelligence know the Germans were going to cut through the Ardennes or just that the invasion was imminent?
But at higher levels most reports were formulated in "cover your ass"style listing all possibilities and not really commiting to one.
Through Belgium, directly against the Maginot line, etc.What other possibilities were there for a German invasion?
Through Belgium, directly against the Maginot line, etc.What other possibilities were there for a German invasion?
The Plan was revised to include a forward deployment into Belgium while leaving a reserve to cover the Ardennes. Then Gamelin revised it again to extend the deployment into Belgium forward and to include in it the forces originaly meant as a reserve. This was the worst possible option.
And the bad planning was on top of wasting the seven months before the German attack without a serious effort to get the units into full operational capability despite the fact that doing so in the first six months was an integral part of the plan.No kidding. This sounds like the plan they went with.