Why France Lost a War It Should Have Won — The Other Side of 1940

France in 1940 had more tanks than Germany, thicker armor than Germany, a bigger army than Germany, and the most expensive fortification system ever built. The French Char B1 heavy tank had frontal armor that no standard German anti-tank gun could penetrate. Their Somua S35 was considered the best medium tank in the world. And a French colonel named Charles de Gaulle had published a book six years earlier that predicted almost exactly how Germany would attack, and he was right about everything. Nobody listened. So how did the largest army in Western Europe lose its country in six weeks? That's what we're covering today, from the French side, because the real answer turns out to be far more disturbing than the story you've been told. #france1940 #battleoffrance #charlesdegaulle