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Episode 201, the fall of France, last quarter of an hour.

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slash members. The German attack of June 6th and the start of the German offensive

referred to as case red would be the beginning of a very tumultuous week for the French army and for the

French government. It would begin along the Somme and the Anne Rivers to the north and east

of Paris, and over the course of just four days, the situation would deteriorate to the point

that the French government would be forced to evacuate Paris. But in the days after the first

German attacks along the Somme, there was still some hope

that the new German attack could be halted, and in fact it had been halted in some areas,

like at Amiens, like we discussed last episode. On June 9th, General Vagan would send a message

to all of the French troops, stating, quote, officers, non-commissioned

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