La Bataille de France – 7 – Amiens, Arras, Cambrai

19 May 1940. The Germans were about to reach the sea and isolate the Allied forces that had unwisely ventured into Belgium. On the Allied side, General Weygand replaced Gamelin and although he cancelled his counter-attack order while he got a feel for the situation, he also slowed down the Allies' decision-making and reaction time. The British General Gort, for his part, while not opposed to an attempted attack to the south, was increasingly considering a reembarkation of his forces in the northern ports. But the speed of the German advance threatened to destroy all the Allied forces in the north in the short term... 00:00 Intro 01:02 General Gort's plan 01:27 General Ironside's visit 02:37 The Germans isolate the northern armies 03:47 The British counter-attack on Arras 08:30 The Ypres conference 10:25 Gort does not believe in the Weygand plan 10:49 French counterattack on Cambrai 11:43 22 May Boulogne isolated, Germans advance 12:26 Supreme Inter-Allied Council and Allied plans 13:48 Retreat to the Lys and the border 14:03 23 May, Calais isolated 14:21 Evacuation of Arras 14:38 The "Haltbefehl 16:59 Gort decides to retreat to Dunkirk 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 Chars Francais.net Wikimedia Fond Alain Jacques ECPA D