Fall of the West - WW2 WESTERN FRONT- 1940 Battle of France Part 1

II. World War...   A struggle where 70 million people died ...   A huge hurricane that affects the whole world ...   Dozens of countries where desires evolve ...   A debris left behind tank tracks ...   Ready to Explode Bomb   Hitler, who took over in 1933, was a bomb ready to explode.   

He tried to compensate for his country's heavy losses in World War I.   He reestablished order in the country and got stronger.   Unification of German minorities living outside the borders of Germany under German rule   

and the colonization of the German population with the colonization of new soils.   set itself as a target.   The idea of ​​his living space, "Lebensraum", 

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dragged him into an aggressive foreign policy.   He considered this policy indispensable for the development of his country and his people.   

Of course, as he sees his own strength, his hunger will increase, he will not see any harm in attacking more…   The dictatorship grew rapidly in the middle of Europe, becoming uncontrollable.   States such as France and Britain, aside from avoiding this issue, have set fire to a series of mistakes they have made.  

 They did not speak out to annex Germany and Austria and Czechoslovakia.   While the developing events made the Hittens more confident in him, his environment gradually stretched.   

Europe was at the edge of the war and something was expected to ignite the wick ...   In the western countries, moments of peace that are meaningless are blowing seconds before the bomb explodes,   

A message was given that a long period of peace was entered with the victory records.   Then Britain and France understood that they had made a mistake, but the job was over.   Germany entered Poland, World War II began in 1939….   After Poland was captured, the war spread northward to Norway and Denmark.   

The Germans, in order to seize the security of Swedish iron and many other advantages   he decided to take over.   Allied British and French forces needed to abandon their waiting policy and intervene.   Gambling of the Allies in Norway ended with a defeat and spiritual collapse.   In the face of the situation, the French government of Reynaud on May 9,   The British Chamberlain government resigned on May 10, 1940.   

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The Germans were now thinking of moving the war to the western front, where tense waiting continued.   Hitler was very insistent on this, while the upper ranks of the army did not favor the opening of the western front.   He thought he had to go over them to eliminate his opponents.   

The forces that have been preparing in this region for a long time at the insistence of their leaders,   He pressed the button to start the attack in May.   Western Front   The German army lined up to about 3 million military border lines.   

The army had 5,000 aircraft, 7,000 cannons, around 2,500 tanks, and many armored vehicles.   The other side consisted of France, England, Belgium and the Netherlands.   The French had around 2 million 300 thousand soldiers and the British around 400 thousand soldiers.   Adding the Dutch and Belgian army, 

the allies surpassed their rivals as military forces.   There were 3,000 aircraft, 13,000 cannons and around 4,200 tanks in their armies.   Germans were behind in terms of firepower and number of tanks as well as being behind in terms of military power.   

Even they were not fully prepared, as they did not calculate that the war would start so early.   Many of their tanks were vehicles that lagged behind their rivals in terms of light class and armor, such as Panzer 1 and Panzer 2.   These tanks even had disruptions on the road to Austria.   

Most models of Panzer 1 did not even have a gun, there were two machine guns.   They would already be used for patrol and training purposes in the following periods.   There were 350 from the powerful but mid-range Panzer 3 and 280 from the famous Panzer 4.   The Germans had not finished their tank designs yet.   

They would produce different vehicles later in the war.   There were around 350 of Czech origin Panzer 35 and Panzer 38.   Light Hotchkiss H35, Renault R 35, outdated FT17 in the hands of France with 3200 tanks;   middle class SOMUA S35, Char D2; There were heavy-class Char B1 models.   While the British had a total of 300 Vickers Mark and Matilda tanks,   then they brought more reinforcements.   

Belgium had 270 tanks and the Netherlands 40 tanks.   Armies were positioned as you see them on the map.   The French stationed behind the "Maginot Line" along the German border in the south,   they relied on both the lines and the Rhine, a natural embankment, and the old Vosges Mountains behind them.   

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The Netherlands and Belgium had their own lines of defense.   British and French who were on the border of Belgium were the strongest, most modern equipped and the most mobilized units.   They would take positions according to the German attack.   

The plan of the Germans was to make a demonstrative attack from the north.   

It could be summarized simply as to enter the interiors quickly from the rifts opened in the south.   

Erich von Manstein had prepared the plan.   Senior commanders initially opposed the plan.   Hitler, who wanted to see new ones instead of old tactics, approved the plan with some changes.   

The main headquarters did not believe that the plan would work, they were hesitant   and so they were very reluctant.   

Heinz Guderian, a dynamic performer, did not think like them.   The general, who had an imaginative idea before the war, was the most believed in victory.   The idea that excites him; It was Blitzkrieg, 

the in-depth splitting operation carried out by independent armored units.   This war tactic thesis that the British put forward at the end of the First World War,   it was considered impractical by many.   

But General Guderian, a tank fan, was sure he could practice it.   In Poland, he had applied this tactic and it worked.   Now he had the intention to do the same…   Blitzkrieg, "Operation Lightning", performs a splitting action with armored forces and   it was based on sagging as far behind the enemy line as possible.   

The main roads and logistics lines behind the line are cut,   so the enemy was placed in a position where they could not get help, and the infantry from behind was facilitated.   The indispensable things for the success of the lightning operation were:   good land, good air support, good logistics and good coordination…   Blitzkrieg   

Before the morning of May 10, an unprecedented number of tanks were arranged in front of the Luxembourg border.   Consisting of three panzer corps, this force was supported by motorized divisions.  

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