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That's the Explorers Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War,

Episode 189, the fall of France, the French counterattacks of May 14th.

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slash members. Last episode covered some of the other crossings of the muse that would occur

on May 12th, 13th, and 14th, other than those that happened at Sedan. But this episode will move

the focus of events back to Sedan and the crossings made by Guderian's forces.

One of the challenges that would occur for Guderian and those under his command is that things were going too well, which sounds odd.

You see, the initial plan had been to push infantry across and hope that they were able to establish enough of a bridgehead to allow for armor to begin

crossing the river. Instead of just barely building out enough of a bridgehead, the infantry

were doing very, very well, and had pushed far beyond what was really required. This is a testament

to the training and experience of the German infantry troops and their ability to push forward

even under great

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