English subtitles for clip: File:U.S. War Department - Divide and Conquer (1943).webm

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Goodness gracious great

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during during

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during the drive

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girl six years of hard training and
actual battle experience in Spain

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and Poland made the German
army look convinced a plural.

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But what about the British

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or French first let's take up the
British by starting from scratch

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but both at home and abroad.

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The nominee was growing for not only
Britain a declared war Canada Australia

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New Zealand soundtrack.

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The whole British Commonwealth of Nations
was also determined on victory on

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particularism an all expense for
Britain had one weapon that was ready.

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The Royal Navy shortly after war was declared
it of sweat German shipping from the

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high C.

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Units of the British fleet were deployed
to Suez from Gibraltar in the channel

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and in the north sea blockade in Germany
where conquest was impossible without

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running smack up against a rock called
Britain how to strike a bad little island.

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That was the question.

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Between Britain and Germany
stood not only France

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but the little conference of Luxembourg
down dream Holland Denmark Norway

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and Sweden the people of these small neutral
countries were peaceful hardworking.

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And free.

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They knew they were in the middle

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and feared violation of their
neutrality Hitler knew this.

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He also knew that if they
united with the allies.

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They would form a solid Democratic world
against naturally aggression America

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conquest would be far more difficult for
striking with his army another weapon the

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propaganda barrage to confuse to
make them lose face to divide

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and conquer a little of fears of the little
new troops propaganda minister gerbils

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told them Germany more toward a
trial that was Britain and France

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but caused all the trouble then it was hip

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or Stern in the speech on October
sixth one hundred thirty nine

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that made a mark kind of a specific promise
to the name of the Senate president we

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have concluded our non-aggression pact
with Denmark to the Norwegian Sea said.

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Durham and he never had any conflict
with the Northern states and has none.

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Day to the does she.

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Send them the new Reich of endeavor to
continue the traditional friendship with our.

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Under the Belgian acing announcer
for the past the Rikers

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or put forth no claim which might in any
way be regarded as a threat to Belgium

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and the play was making these promises his
generals were cold blooded like picking

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out the first victim Norway.
And why did they pick Norway.

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It's many steep in lesser Furious would
make excellent you both bases from which

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Raiders could prey on
British supply lines.

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Some were given the map
seized by the airbase.

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This is a status quo British naval
base and this is the back pain fleet.

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But this time the German base bombers
couldn't reach them possession of bases on

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Norway's western shore would bring these
vital British defenses under a sea bomber

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attack

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but he couldn't take Norway without also
taking tiny Denmark the springboard for

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his attack.

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So a darn on April ninth one
thousand nine hundred eighty German

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army run across the new proprietors of
the Denmark and in a matter of hours

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and occupied the entire country by night
Denmark it's a race to the nation

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and the Danes go into slavery around the
six months before Hitler had announced we

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have concluded the non-aggression pact
with Denmark the Danes will not forget.

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Meanwhile in Norway peaceful looking
German merchant ships like these

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and decide Norway's neutral
waterway tied up and or principle

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that is they looked like a merchant
ship but if the Norwegians had had X.

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Ray eyes this is what
they would have seen.

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The Trojan horse of ancient Greece
brought up to date with new

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and deadlier weapons at the precise moment

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that the masses overran Denmark this
fireproofing ship sprang to life

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at the same time massing worshiped discovered
along the entire coastline started

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steaming up the Norwegian Fjords transport

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plane from the start.

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Simultaneously upon a defenseless
country airborne infantry seized every

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strategic Norwegian Air Force the whole
job was made easier by the treacherous

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current led by major Quisling to seize
power in issued orders to suppress resist

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massive rush Epstein past silent guns

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that could have blasted
them out of the water.

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This was one of the most amazing acts
of treachery the world has ever known.

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It brought major princeling international
fame making is very name synonymous with

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the word traitor by the afternoon of
April ninth the Germans were in complete

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control of the seven ports where
they had landed in the morning

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the first time in more
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The people of Norway saw an invading
army parading through their city.

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Many of these mass the soldiers strutting
as conquerors in one nine hundred forty

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lasting Norway some twenty years earlier

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when as refugee German
children they had been raised

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and cared for by kind Norwegians
now the same Germans were back.

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To repay that time of terror destruction.

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Once played occupy the camp the masses
quickly found out in all directions

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but like all Norwegian cruise stopped one
German column between a marinara Baron

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or the Germans brought up the bombers

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the Norwegians were forced to flee to the
north under constant none oppose their

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attack.

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It was here the captain Robert Moses an
American military attache was killed the

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first American soldier to
lose his life in this war.

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Meanwhile I'm actually said spread all
over the country slap a trials occupied

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every strategic village parachute
troops landed high in the mountains

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as bombing raids them defenseless
civilians fleeing inside Paris.

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They have brought a player down everything
provide something they can escape to nab

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the scourge to the power from our
education sale to the likes of the other

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democracy. Now they face
the scourge defenseless

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and alone for the allies
to come to their race.

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The Germans weren't comparable principles.

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Regardless of this British
French British contingent fund

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and make several landings along the Norwegian
culture they landed forces not soccer

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from time and attempted

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and certainly movement on the same under
constant every almost entirely on the form

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there

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on the scene of action regarding
range of British fighter planes.

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So they brought up aircraft carriers.

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But these are at a disadvantage
when approached by lambastes plane.

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Lies there for a family.

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Pattern from the family suffering any
losses they withdrew from a hopeless

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situation further to the knowledge

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that Novick they met with better
success expecting every naval officer

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made landing

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and held a town for nearly two months with

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every day.

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Took their first prisoners
of the present with them and

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that seems overwhelming your
superiority proved the deciding factor

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lines were forced to withdraw
wanted to rip a caravan park

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while Norwegians were left with their with
their rule their dead even though six

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months before Hitler had
said Germany never happened.

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A conflict with the Northern
states and has none. Today.

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Norwegians will not forget

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and hit it for at another victory get
hijacked to more countries the world wonders

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and sometimes marvel at this
man's efficiency gangsta village

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or listen to

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what a man or a nation probably
all regard for the laws of God

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and man is bound to be more efficient than
expected side he had a police force to

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deal with gangs to do in terms of it have
no police force to deal with gangsters.

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So the club Norway into submission

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and got what he wanted bases
for use against Britain.

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Now we have the Northern klavern
enormous pincer movement.

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To drive through France with
given the southern blood.

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Blockade by you brought a couple of mass
bombing attacks would weaken the British

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for a final invasion.

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Then with Britain gone then they could
reach out in our direction for world

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conquest

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is next. Not must obviously
be through France.

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That is Southern closer
to France Our she to

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face the I'm sure

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these scenes are ancient history.

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They occurred in one nine hundred forty the
German armies without wanting to smash

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cost neutral Belgium they did France which
the river Marne on the A few miles from

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Paris out of the French capital for the
French reserve riding on the battery

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and I mean every vehicle

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that could move famous tactical bombing
notes Well it was riding up to

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the center of the French lines to the
one French army commanded by a then

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comparatively Amnon general on
September fifth nineteen fourteen.

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He is reputed to have said my right has
given him my center is giving way the

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situation is excellent.

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I attack

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did attack the German.

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Stop was checked and parents were safe

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that comparatively unknown generator
became commander in chief.

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While the Allied armies presided the
signing of the armistice with the defeated

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Germans on November eleventh one thousand
nine hundred eighteen this general the

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French people are ready for the money.

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Marshall mom around all races attack

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delayed or the war weary French
people are wrecked another month.

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This one to a minister of war.

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Andre mash another between the idea
symbolized by these two statues

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may well lead a military story of the
fall of a great nation in fascist time

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the proud spirit of France
demanded nothing less than victory

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and placed its face in the attack in

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MASH an hour's time there is no longer
proud past only to avoid defeat

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and placed its face in concrete.

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So the French built the mighty chain of
for Christmas called imaginal line these

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tremendous bastions were built deep into
the French land they were connected by

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underground passages

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and railways guiding France's
eastern borders facing Germany and

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when the finally forced to declare war
against the rising massing members of the

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French troops instead of attacking were
marched into their modern caves to wait for

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the magic bullets to match itself against
the Maginot Line their generals headed by

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Marshal Peter soundly announced whoever
makes the first move in this war will be

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a to play didn't go near the Maginot
Line. That was fine for strong point.

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Instead he attacked the
weak point to play and knew

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that the French get tried to avoid
war instead of preparing for it

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that knowledge was one of his greatest
weapon he knew they had planes

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but he knew they were antiquated
he knew they have tanks

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but he knew they were few
in number and lightly armed

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but most important the highly
knew to find some come a cynical

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and dissolution nation

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that made this change in the French there
in the first place between nineteen

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fourteen

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and nineteen eighteen the French suffered
more than six million casualties

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and the heroic defense of their land
against German invasion the flower of an

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entire generation was lost with

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that stimulus of new blood new
determination new ideals second place of

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failure of the League of Nations which
the French of pin their hopes of peace.

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The corruption of many in high places the
greed of special interests was confined

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to shake the face of the French
people and their democratic ideals

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and won a people loses its
base in its own ideals.

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It is right for the insidious
words of the devil.

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I am still looks like an imposing but
average political time I suppose so.

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Not a way the binding of national unity
of the past always ready to crumble

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during the last months of
the lottery an activity

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that we call the county board of say
surprise the German propaganda Foster.

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The waters of the Rhine to affect
the soldiers imagine our lives.

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Why do you fight

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that the banner poem some
friendly notes were sent over by

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balloon French tunes were
played by German band

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and German period was broadcast in
French on the sun the what Douglas about

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or the putting it past the British were
fight to the last round of French blood.

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Therefore I said that if
you were going to deceive.

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This was an imperialist ignore
Britain we Germans are nothing

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or France is a family.

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What is happening to your wives Baron
soldiers the British are stationed in your

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village.

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Yes France was ready to be Plus the whole
force of the mapping might was turned

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toward the west power they spike the sky
through out masquerade as an eight hundred

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seventy three thousand nine hundred fourteen
one thousand nine hundred forty model

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conquest the French consider the
Maginot line not only impregnable

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and therefore I believe the Germans
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Countries in nineteen forty.

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But even after Hitler's
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and Belgium hoping against hope
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So the French mass seventy eight divisions
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seventeen were in the marginal
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Mussolini got broke free

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and a half as a safeguard against Spain
the British had ten divisions here.

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The allied strategy in the event of an
attack against Iraq countries was to swing

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their armies like a gig into Belgium the
hinge being the north end of the marginal

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rise this all important to him which was
protected by the first of the our Dan.

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I feel really like what are they are they
called with strings on the roads in our

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prayer bridges too weak for military big
time strategists estimate of the power of

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the they are down their power.

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Bromberg force as it were fleeing this was
one of a cross we're back to the norm

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military history

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that was the situation on May
ninth one thousand for the last

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hour a pilot's calm

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the people of the democracies pray for
strength to make the coming our Again

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apparent

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by the cross arise the in

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that area

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that the promenade the water change the

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dynamics of the fighting in the
Championship because the past been done

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and such

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that the past the past the field
name doesn't change that's

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why Thanks Jeff.

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Or a

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better product

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without even bothering to play a larger
German army has launched a coordinated

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attack to do proper orders of rocks
aboard the German power from a marginal

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minority to please the action along the
entire front were simultaneous So for

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purposes of clarity let's take
up one country of the time.

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First let's see what happened

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and how are the

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ground forces smashed through the air
provided some hastily erected for the defense

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but the main attack was to come
from the air defense from.

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Over ten thousand troops were landed in
this matter for the stunt for the Rotterdam

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even during World War These aided by well
plaintiffs columnist quickly captured the

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airport now blank sections of the city.

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Meantime Maxie armored columns were
racing across the country their progress

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speeded by other power to prevent the
destruction of vital guys bridges the

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sport

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that affected the meeting with the parachute
landed in rather than Dutch were doomed

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to defeat.

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On the fourth day of the invasion the
masses gave the Dutch general another major

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doctrine assistance Lesley's for
Rotterdam where big bomb cracked.