The forgotten French invasion of Germany in 1939

I love WW2 history, but I’ve never heard of this invasion. It’s funny that I’ve never seen a documentary on this. Another great “What If’s”, of WW2. Thank you for posting this.

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The French invasion of Germany in 1939 that I forgot

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FIFY

I wasn’t aware of this at all and you’re right BOC, this British dude has some outstanding and informative historical videos. Thank you for posting.

I know it's fun to mock the French military, but they deserve a pass after the horrors their country experienced in WW1. Nearly the entire Western front was fought on French soil.

This is the most French thing France does

Just got done listening to chapter 8 on the Revolutions podcast on the siege of Paris 1870 by Prussia. The French are so pathetic lol. They are so separated, or whatever the opposite of unified is. We are becoming the same way sadly.

Lmao, what?

1.) German had far superior war plans. the Germans forced their way in through the Luxembourg Ardennes, they said frick the Maginot line, which enacted what is known as the sickle-cut plan, focusing on German troops invading through Belgium. They broke french code and invaded from the south.

2.) The Luftwaffe broke anything resembling morale, also dropping airborne assault troops, the Germans easily seized strategic points in both Belgium and Holland. Which drew french troops to the northern half of each of these countries.

3.) Poor Communication on behalf of the French. They weren't willing to accept what was the greatest threat to their border, Meuse, the Germans slaughtered the French with their panzer division.

The French were still reveling in the glory of the Napoleonic wars, they got caught with their dicks in their hand and almost lost all of Europe