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S1, E3: Despite having the largest pre-war European army, France's outdated forces were humiliated by the Germans. Identifying a weakness in the Maginot Line, a defensive border that ran along the north-east of France but did not extend to the channel in the west, German air and armour power simply skirted the line in the north and forged south.
Documentary · 14 Nov 1973 · 44 min