The Weygand Defense Line was breached, which did not exceed the expectations of Britain and France.
Although they did hope to rely on the Weygand Line of Defense to stabilize the war situation, Britain and France were also prepared for this line of defense to be breached.
After all, the Maginot Line carefully prepared by the French was breached by the Germans. How effective can a hastily established Weygand Defense Line be?
Its ability to block the Germans already made the French feel it was worth their money.
In fact, before the Weygand Line blocked the Germans, the French government was already ready to surrender.
However, the British support was strong this time, and the French army did not really fight to the end, so they still withstood the German attack and stabilized the battle line at the Weygand Line, which made the French government in the rear very relaxed.
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It was precisely because they blocked the Germans that the French were willing to continue to invest troops to fight the Germans.
Otherwise, France, which lost a generation in the last war and has not yet recovered its strength, will not have enough energy to fight another war.
It is also for this reason that the French were very ineffective this time, leaving many tough problems for the British to chew on.
The French also praised Britain's new armored divisions for their amazing combat effectiveness and that they were best suited to be used as sharp knives where they were needed most.
This caused the British's three newly formed armored divisions to suffer heavy casualties. After two very tough battles with the Germans, they had to withdraw to the rear for supplementary repairs.
For this reason, the British have great opinions on the French. If France were not still needed to fight against Germany, I am afraid the British would give the French a good look.
Rather than just withdrawing the three newly formed armored divisions for supplementary repairs and allowing the French troops to take over again, as is the case now.
But before the British could complete the replenishment of the three newly formed armored divisions, the Germans broke through the French position and broke through this important line of defense that had resisted for three months.
After the defense line was breached, the French were completely defeated, and even the British troops were forced to retreat or were stranded on the ground confused about the situation.
Many troops were eaten by the Germans before they even figured out what was going on.
As a result, the defeat turned into an avalanche, and no one was resisting on the entire line of defense. All British and French soldiers, whether active or passive, were forced to flee toward the rear in an orderly manner, giving up their positions to the Germans.
At this time, the Germans seemed to have regained the momentum that swept everything three months ago. The armored forces once again surged forward. In just one week, they advanced the front to central France. It can almost be said that they have completed the occupation of the essence of France.
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The French government, which fled to the south of France, unilaterally declared its surrender to Germany, accepted a series of conditions proposed by Hitler, and signed a surrender treaty instead of just an armistice agreement as in history.
As for the content of the surrender treaty, it is very different from that in history. The Atlantic Ocean and northern French territory were ceded, the French army was disbanded on the spot, French military industry must serve the Germans, the French need to accept German rule and management, etc.
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In short, after holding on for several months longer than in history, the French surrendered.
And what is even worse than in history is that in order to help the French resist the German invasion, the British sent a large number of troops into France this time, and these troops are still stranded in France.
And because the French collapsed too quickly, the structures of these British troops were all disrupted and they lost their command.
Almost all of them were scattered on the battlefield fighting independently, lacking supplies and ammunition. It could almost be said that they were just a group of defeated soldiers gathered together, without any combat effectiveness at all.
The British could not repeat the historical generator plan this time, because the battle line was too long and the British troops were spread far apart. They did not all gather at Dunkirk as they had in history.
Although this allowed them to hold on for a while, and the German encirclement was not that easy, they had almost no hope of retreat.
The British strongly condemned the French's behavior of cheating their teammates. At the same time, they were fortunate that not all of their 20 domestic divisions had been deployed in France. There were only eight divisions that arrived in France early, three new armored divisions and some of them that were previously in Belgium.
Ten divisions were lost in France, and the remaining twelve divisions were considered saved.
But even so, the UK cannot bear the loss of more than 20 divisions at once, especially among them there are three elite new armored divisions. This force is now the heart and soul of the British Army.
It is absolutely impossible for the British Army to accept the loss of all these battlefield-experienced veterans at once.
The Conservative Party led by former Prime Minister Chamberlain in the UK stood up at this time and took the initiative to propose that Britain should negotiate peace with Germany. Britain could not bleed for France. Those British soldiers who fell in France participated in this war to help France.
, now the British government has the obligation to rescue them.
Originally, if the original historical trajectory had been followed, Germany would indeed propose peace talks to Britain after defeating France, and Chamberlain did stand up and advocate that Britain should negotiate peace with Germany.
The British could not repeat the historical generator plan this time because the battle line was too long and the British troops were spread far apart. They did not all gather at Dunkirk as they had in history.
Although this allowed them to hold on for a while, and the German encirclement was not that easy, they had almost no hope of retreat.
The British strongly condemned the French's behavior of cheating their teammates. At the same time, they were fortunate that not all of their 20 domestic divisions had been deployed in France. There were only eight divisions that arrived in France early, three new armored divisions and some of them that were previously in Belgium.
Ten divisions were lost in France, and the remaining twelve divisions were considered saved.
But even so, the UK cannot bear the loss of more than twenty divisions at once, especially among them are three elite new armored divisions. This force is now the heart and soul of the British Army.
It is absolutely impossible for the British Army to accept the loss of all these battlefield-experienced veterans at once.
The Conservative Party in the UK, led by former Prime Minister Chamberlain, stood up at this time and took the initiative to propose that Britain should negotiate peace with Germany. Britain could not bleed for France. Those British soldiers who fell in France participated in this war to help France.
, now the British government has the obligation to rescue them.
Originally, if the original historical trajectory had been followed, Germany would indeed propose peace talks to Britain after defeating France, and Chamberlain did stand up and advocate that Britain should negotiate peace with Germany.
