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43. History's Most Misunderstood Defeat (ft. Chris Millington)
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In this episode, we are joined by historian, professor, and author of the book France in the Second World War, Chris Millington. With him, we take a deep, reevaluating look at the 1940 fall of France, questioning the popular narrative of French cowardice, lack of preparation, and inferior military capability as being the reasons for their defeat.
From internal struggles amongst generals, to recognizing that it was not just a French failure, but rather an Allied failure, to looking at how the events during the Summer of 1940 impacted politics around the world in the years after, we explore what makes the fall of France History's Most Misunderstood Defeat.
Thanks so much to Chris for coming on the show! Find his book, France in the Second World War, here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/france-in-the-second-world-war-9781350094970
Check out our new video series The Crisis, on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKgw4BF6xHrYMizb-l1vYkQ
Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historysmost
Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/729271677922830
Thank you to our Executive Producers: Tom McCool, Justus Ebel, Jeremy Marcoux, and Tony Turrin, to all our Patrons, and to all our listeners.
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Manage episode 299531434 series 2738649
In this episode, we are joined by historian, professor, and author of the book France in the Second World War, Chris Millington. With him, we take a deep, reevaluating look at the 1940 fall of France, questioning the popular narrative of French cowardice, lack of preparation, and inferior military capability as being the reasons for their defeat.
From internal struggles amongst generals, to recognizing that it was not just a French failure, but rather an Allied failure, to looking at how the events during the Summer of 1940 impacted politics around the world in the years after, we explore what makes the fall of France History's Most Misunderstood Defeat.
Thanks so much to Chris for coming on the show! Find his book, France in the Second World War, here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/france-in-the-second-world-war-9781350094970
Check out our new video series The Crisis, on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKgw4BF6xHrYMizb-l1vYkQ
Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historysmost
Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/729271677922830
Thank you to our Executive Producers: Tom McCool, Justus Ebel, Jeremy Marcoux, and Tony Turrin, to all our Patrons, and to all our listeners.
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