Fall of the West - WW2 WESTERN FRONT- 1940 Battle of France Part 2

General Guderian, commander of the leading group, Reinhardt at the head of the other corps,   General von Kleist was the commander of these two.   To the right of Kleist's group was a separate panzer corps led by Hoth.   

Essentially, the chance of success; German panzer troops are covered with dense forests called Ardenes,   It was due to their speed in moving from the hilly region and crossing the Meuse River.   In the first hours of May 10, Wermaht was attacked…   

The attack started on the right wing with striking successes against key points of the Dutch and Belgian defense.   The Dutch general, Henri Winkelman, had 280,000 men, but was aware of the capacity of his army.   His army could not dynamically defend.   

Therefore, he decided to make static defense in the lines and castles formed by channels.   As the troops of the German 18th Army were attacking from the border, the real issue took place in the air.   Luftwaffe bombed the lines of the Low Countryers and turned things into hell.   The most critical task was airborne troops.   

The Germans had a total of 4500 paratroopers and 4000 used it on the Dutch side.   At night, 4000 paratroopers were sent to the transportation facilities in The Hague and Rotterdam, guided by the first attack.   Confusion and alarm created by this double attack on the front and behind the front,   

It increased with the wide threat of the German Air Force.   Paratroopers were supported by a light division of 12,000 people carried by cargo aircraft.   All success depended on these airborne troops.   The bridges in Rotterdam soon fell.   

The 9th Panzer division joined the paratroopers from the south, under the bridges, under the nose of the French, 3 days later.   The Dutch main defense was not destroyed, but a hole was opened from the south, and the Germans had flowed in.   The Dutch, who realized that they could not bear any more, surrendered…   

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Land attack in Belgium was carried out by the Sixth Army.   A major obstacle had to be overcome before the attack.   The lock of Albert Kanal defense was Eben-Emael Castle and 3 bridges here.   This was the strongest castle in Belgium and it had to be taken with bridges.   The Belgians would detonate those bridges when the Germans crossed the Dutch border.   There was a 25km deep Maastricht District in front of Eben-Emael.   

When the Germans crossed the border, the Belgians would have had enough time to detonate the bridges.   Anticipating this, the Germans lowered 500 paratroopers here in the first hours of May 10.   It was this little detachment that would change everything…   Airborne troops that quietly jumped from the sky at night have introduced a new method.   500 men under the command of Captain Koch landed in the area.   

Two of the 3 bridges were destroyed during the collisions, but 1 bridge and a fortress were captured.   All bridges were exploded along Albert channel and only one bridge in the hands of paratroopers was won.  

 Sometimes it was just a bridge that brought success in a great war known to the world…   16. Panzer Corps grew up, crossed the bridge and secured the area.   The chief architect of the success of the paratroopers on the two fronts was Kurt Student, the commander of Fallschirmjäger.  

 The 16th Panzer corps in the Höpper comedy had begun to flow into the plains from the point obtained.   Breathtaking operation of Panzer divisions,   just as the French and the British began to support them   It caused the Belgian forces to start a general withdrawal.   The most mobilized, 

the best French and British armies on the border have been shifted to this region.   The Ardenes, west of the Maginot Line, were forgotten for a moment.   

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On May 10, thousands of tanks on the border with Luxembourg started moving forward.   Gudearin in the front, Rommel and Hoth in the north easily crosses the 110-kilometer area and rests on the River Meuse.   Stop passing panzers from the Ardenes, 

it was a great courage even to put the armor here.   The Allies thought it was impossible to make a large attack from the Arden with the old understanding.   There are older soldiers in this region; it was defended by troops that the anti-aircraft and guns were inadequate.   To leave the milestone of the operation under very weak protection,   It was the primary mistake of the French High Command Committee.   

On top of that, they succeeded in sinking the work further by assigning cavalry units against Tanks in this region.   On May 13, Guderian got permission from von Kleist to cross the river without infantry.   Lutffwaffe started to bomb the area with 1000 aircraft with air support.   During the war, the air superiority was in the obvious Germans.   

Since the French thought that the Germans would hang behind the Maginot Line, he focused on the southern part.   Guderian achieved a point in Sedan, albeit difficult.   Rommel managed to get a point in the north on the same day.   

It was a race with time ..   Before the French realize this wedge that turns to “soft snow” and apply the reserves to the region   The panzers had to cross the river and establish a bridgehead.   On May 14, Guderian after a bloody and grueling struggle   With the 19th Armored Corps he managed to cross the water and headed west.   

Rommel's 7th Division was not around, it was suddenly lost.   Was a huge panzer division surrounded and destroyed without any trace?   The command center could not handle this.   It turned out later that Rommel had gone, crossed the river, and the radio was disconnected because it had gone too far.   After that, 7th Division started to be called as "Ghost Division".   The river was crossed, and the actual Blitzkrieg would start now…   

It should not be forgotten that this progress was a masterful operation and an extraordinary headquarters success.   Do not go further than Hitler after the river was crossed, the order to protect the positions came.   Because he and the executive board were shocked.   Such great success caused the Germans to fear their own power.   

General Guderian got into the cubes as all of his dominant influence and initial successes would disappear,   the operation had to be continued.   After a heated phone call, Guderian got another 24-hour leave.   But he used it according to his head.   He executed the fastest panzers, arrived at the Oise River, and met with other tank divisions.   

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This operation caused the collapse of the French resistance to spread.   Progress was again braked by the upper tier.   He was scolded for not following the Guderian orders.   Hitler and the headquarters of the headquarters will make things this easy;   They did not believe that the British and the French could show such an impudent rule.   

A counterattack could come from the wings at any time.   So that the infantry corps could come and create a shield along the Aisne River   They took a two-day break from the attack to restrain the operation.   Crazy, Guderian said he wanted to be dismissed, and von Kleist dismissed him.   Von Rundstedt, commander of the Army Group A, stepped in and returned him to his post.   

He also allowed him to explore, but Guderian stretched this permission as much as he could.   General who takes full responsibility of the operation,   He believed that the “Channel of the Sea” would arrive with the Lightning Campaign…   English Channel and Dunkirk   In the previous stages, so much time was saved,   

The pause on the Oise River had no serious impact on the German advance.   Allies could not assess the gaps.   The main difference between the two sides was the perception of time.   The German pioneers were fast and able to make decisions according to the situation, while the French were too slow to keep up with the conditions.   

The French Prime Minister has already understood the situation and accepted that he was defeated.   But Churchill, who flies to Paris, is going to stop Germans somewhere,   he said that he could counterattack at that time.   But the Germans did not stop…   

Dragging the German army in pursuit of the Guderian and panzers   On 20 May, he completely broke the communication between the north and the south of the enemy.   The allies had been miserable.   On the one hand, Von Bock's group was turned from the south while they were printing.   Tanks hit the north,   In Belgium they headed to the back zone of the British army, located on the front of Bock's infantry forces.   

There were 3 ports that could help the packed enemy.   Guderian took the two out of 22 and 23 and arrived at a distance of 16 kilometers to Dunkirk.   Reinhardt's panzer corps also reached the canal line.   Now it was up to the opponent to finish his job.   Hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers could be excluded.   

The Germans won a very glorious victory.   They had done one of the biggest splitting and wrapping operations.   He had an invaluable opportunity on his hands.   It was impossible to escape the besieged soldiers… 

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