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That's the Explorers Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to history of the Second World War, episode 198, the fall of

France, picking up the pieces.

This week, a big thank you goes out to Bill, Ray, Kev, Andy, S.L, and Quinn

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over at History of the Second World War.com slash members. While the events at Dunkirk were

occurring in the last days of May 1940, in London and

Paris, there were many decisions to make about the next phase of the campaign.

The failure of Vaghan's plan of a counterattack from the north and to the south of the

German corridor that had cut off the French and British troops in the north meant that

preparations had to be made for the expected German

attack into the remaining areas of France. What was needed between the two allies was a singular

purpose and the belief that together they could find their way through the coming crisis.

Neither of those things were present between the British and the French governments after

about the middle of May

1940. Among the French leaders, there would be a growing belief that the British had one step

out the door and were going to abandon them as quickly as they possibly could, just like the

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