La Bataille de France - 10 - Le Plan Rouge, 1ère phase

June 4, 1940 Dunkirk has just fallen and we're on the eve of the 2nd German offensive, Fall Rot, the red plan. Although the Allies have lost many of their best troops and most modern equipment, General Weygand has managed to reconstitute a front along the Somme and Aisne rivers, and has decided to fight there with no spirit of retreat. The battle that is about to begin will decide the fate of France... (Erratum: at 8'55 it's not the 24th corps but the 14th (!!)) 00:00 Intro 00:21 Allied situation 02:28 The Red Plan 03:36 June 5 07:41 June 6 09:39 June 7 10:58 June 8 12:38 June 9 14:16 June 10 15:54 General situation 16:50 Briare Interallied Conference on June 11 19:54 Saint Valery en Caux pocket 23:37 Conclusion MUSIQUE : Battle Ready by Bryan Teoh Freepd - CCO Dark Forces March by Sascha Ende https://filmmusic.io/song/536-dark-fo... Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Desert Nomads by Rafael Krux https://music.orchestralis.net/track/... Free License - CC BY 4.0 (orchestralis.net) PHOTOS : Imperial War Museum Bundesarchiv World War Photo Rommel Wikimedia ECPA Archives de la Somme Pontdelarche.over-blog.com Bettmann Archive