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On May 9, 1940, Hitler’s Wehrmacht began smashing through the “impenetrable” Ardennes into France. In the brief space of six weeks, the British Expeditionary Force had its back to the sea, and the French high command had surrendered to the triumphant Germans at Compiegne. Twenty-two years earlier, it had been Germany surrendering at Compiegne after having failed to conquer France for four bloody years. These lectures will address the numerous reasons for France’s sudden, humiliating WW II surrender.
