Now as to France’s military approach to the war, that was actually a much simpler affair. They expected Germany to do almost exactly what Germany actually did, attack through the Low Countries in order to avoid the Maginot Line fortifications. read more
In May 1940, the German Wehrmacht launched a lightning attack into France and within weeks destroyed the combined French and British armies. The rapid defeat is typically ascribed to a combination of the French High Command’s attempts to refight the methodical battle of World War I against Germany’s adoption of new mobile, all-arms warfare. read more