Frankreichfeldzug...

November 1918 and the war to end all wars comes to its conclusion as the guns on the western front fall silent. For four years prior, the army of German Kaiser Wilhelm II had shot and shelled its way into France and Belgium but had been held back from total victory behind a line of trenches and barbed wire. France had survived but its lands were scarred, and its people felt loss like never before. Thus, when war loomed once again, the French swore they would be ready for it. Using the time given to them by the so-called Phoney War, the period following the invasion of Poland and Hitler striking west, they along with their British allies built up their defences and prepared to keep the German eagle east of their shared border. And yet despite this preparation, it would take the Fuhrer Adolf Hitler less than two months to force the French to sue for peace. In this episode we are going to examine the events leading up to the invasion of France, examine the strategies of both sides and chart the fall of France under the Nazi jagdboot. Welcome to Wars of the World.

00:00 Introduction
01:43 Hitler Looks West
08:39 Case Yellow
17:46 The Closing Chapter

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Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins
Edited by: James Wade


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