[WarInEur] Fall of France

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yep.
yep.
yep.

--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Karl Gaarsoe <oscardalibrarian at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Karl Gaarsoe <oscardalibrarian at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [WarInEur] Fall of France
> To: warineur at mailman.halisp.net
> Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 9:36 AM
> Don't overemphasize the Panzer factor in the Fall of
> France.  It was effective infantry tactics, and mechanized
> (Motorized Infantry, before they became Panzergrenadiers)
> expolitation, 
> AND a failure to coordinate their reserves.
>    
>   At Sedan, the French "Untried" reserve Infantry
> Division (55th?) turned up a 0-4;  
>    
>   The later part of the campaign (to occupy the rest of
> France) was not a walkover, but by then it was too late and
> without a BEF (All that equipment on the beaches at Dunkirk)
> or any real French Mobile reserves, then the Panzers came
> into their own.
>    
>   At least the French have not insisted on a best of five
> series.
>    
>   Karl
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