France has fallen - La Chute continuez ....

[AlfredJPruffock]

Not the Ardennes again? Will they never learn

Afraid the old Maignot line was ineffective - the recession simply drove North through Belgium and the regime fell.
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[expat]

Afraid the old Maignot line was ineffective - the recession simply drove North through Belgium and the regime fell.
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Never understood the Maginot Line myself: in WWI the Germans attacked France through Belgium, because it got them a closer start; while at the same time the French attacked Germany though Alsace because it got them a closer start.

So after that war, the French built fortifications over the bit that was good for their attack, not the bit that was good for the Germans' attack

[BrilloPad]

Sounds idyllic. Where do I sign up?

Via the SKA interface.

HTH

[gingerjedi]

But at least France can feed herself.

But not wash herself

I have a 1 year old like that, she has a tendency to poo in the bath.

[BrilloPad]

I have a 1 year old like that, she has a tendency to poo in the bath.

There are worse places.

My son pooed himself at HK disney : fun time that was......

[Doggy Styles]

Wasn't there a thread on here in the last week or so saying how much better off Europe is in general, and the french are in particular, than us?

[sasguru]

Wasn't there a thread on here in the last week or so saying how much better off Europe is in general, and the french are in particular, than us?

Yes.Nothing's changed

[Mich the Tester]

Yes.Nothing's changed

Indeed. I won't be back in a hurry.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Never understood the Maginot Line myself: in WWI the Germans attacked France through Belgium, because it got them a closer start; while at the same time the French attacked Germany though Alsace because it got them a closer start.

So after that war, the French built fortifications over the bit that was good for their attack, not the bit that was good for the Germans' attack

What the French millitary didnt understand was the rapid mobility of the Nazi attack - Blitzkreig they called it.

I recall remembering reading about how after the resignation of a senior French Army commander a Nazi intelligent officer recieved a breifing about his replacement - he replied

"'Yes - I know him -we captured him an hour ago."

And they had as well.


Even Hitler couldnt believe how quickly the collpase of the French Army happened - they thought the campaign would last a couple of years.

[expat]

What the French millitary didnt understand was the rapid mobility of the Nazi attack - Blitzkreig they called it.

That served the French right. Blitzkrieg was invented by a young French lieutenant called Charles de Gaulle as a result of what he had seen in WWI. The French general staff ignored it.