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Military History not Visualized. “France Attacks 39: German Assessment of the Saar Offensive 1939.” YouTube video, 12:01. March 15, 2022. youtu.be/AiXgf9lRlb4.
Carswell, Richard. The Fall of France in the Second World War: History and Memory (Germany: Springer International Publishing, 2019).
CLARK, ALLEN F. “Operations in Belgium and France 1939-40.” The Military Engineer 33, no. 191 (1941): 368–373. jstor.org/stable/44693245.
Cornwell, Peter D. The Battle of France: Then and Now (United Kingdom: After the Battle, 2008).
Horne, Alistair. To Lose a Battle: France 1940 (United Kingdom: Penguin Books Limited, 2007), 121.
Kiesling, Eugenia C. “‘If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It’: French Military Doctrine Between the World Wars.” War in History 3, no. 2 (1996): 208–23. jstor.org/stable/26004549.
Shirer, William L. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. United States: RosettaBooks LLC, 2011.
Shirer, William L. The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry Into the Fall of France in 1940 (Germany: RosettaBooks, 2014).
Vauvillier, Francois., Sumner, Ian. The French Army 1939–45 (1) (United Kingdom: Bloomsbury USA, 1998).
Wilkin, Bernard., Williams, Maude. French Soldiers' Morale in the Phoney War, 1939-1940 (New York: Taylor & Francis, 2018).
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Military History not Visualized. “France Attacks 39: German Assessment of the Saar Offensive 1939.” YouTube video, 12:01. March 15, 2022. youtu.be/AiXgf9lRlb4.
Carswell, Richard. The Fall of France in the Second World War: History and Memory (Germany: Springer International Publishing, 2019).
CLARK, ALLEN F. “Operations in Belgium and France 1939-40.” The Military Engineer 33, no. 191 (1941): 368–373. jstor.org/stable/44693245.
Cornwell, Peter D. The Battle of France: Then and Now (United Kingdom: After the Battle, 2008).
Horne, Alistair. To Lose a Battle: France 1940 (United Kingdom: Penguin Books Limited, 2007), 121.
Kiesling, Eugenia C. “‘If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It’: French Military Doctrine Between the World Wars.” War in History 3, no. 2 (1996): 208–23. jstor.org/stable/26004549.
Shirer, William L. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. United States: RosettaBooks LLC, 2011.
Shirer, William L. The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry Into the Fall of France in 1940 (Germany: RosettaBooks, 2014).
Vauvillier, Francois., Sumner, Ian. The French Army 1939–45 (1) (United Kingdom: Bloomsbury USA, 1998).
Wilkin, Bernard., Williams, Maude. French Soldiers' Morale in the Phoney War, 1939-1940 (New York: Taylor & Francis, 2018).
Music:
Armchair Historian Theme - Zach Heyde
L. 75 III Clair De Lune (Intro) - Traditional
The Inventor - David Celeste
Battle Hymn of the Republic - The U.S. Army Band
Thunder from the West - Zach Heyde
The Raid - Zach Heyde
Isotopes 1 - August Wilhelmsson
