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The History of the Second World War, episode 215, The Battle Before Britain Part 7,

Atrition Over France.

This week, a big thank you goes out to Jihu, George, and Comrade Redd for supporting

the podcast by becoming members. Members get access to ad-free versions of all of the podcast

episodes, plus special member-only episodes released roughly once a month.

Head over to History of the Second World War.com slash members to find out more. While organizing the podcast episodes for both the Fall of France

and Battle of Britain episode series, there was a major problem. Really, the stories end up

intertwining near the end of May 1940 due to the defeats that both nations had suffered

at the front.

I made the decision to focus on events in France during the fall of France series,

and I don't necessarily regret that.

But it is important to remember that during the events of late May to early June 1940,

even as thoughts were beginning to turn to British plans in a post-France world, fighting in France

was continuing.

The balancing act between preparing for the defense of the home islands and meeting their

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