Keywords
British Expeditionary Force (BEF), World War II, The Fall of France
Abstract
Bursting from the thick Ardennes Forest on the morning of May 10, 1940, Hitler's Panzer armies pounded across the French countryside. Not only did his armies strike through what Marshal Petain had deemed the "Impenetrable Ardennes," in doing so German forces bypassed the Maginot Line, France's most formidable defenses. As they poured through the gap, other German armies simultaneously attacked Belgium, sweeping downward through the Low Countries to merge with the primary thrust towards Paris.
Recommended Citation
Teuscher, Carson
(2024)
"Friction and Fog: The Chaotic Nature of Defeat for the B.E.F. in the Fall of France,"
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 45:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
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https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol45/iss1/7
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