As we all know, Germany in World War II can be said to have defeated the whole of Europe on its own, and even the later Soviet Union was defeated in the early stages of the war, which shows the bravery of the German army at that time. At that time, France, which was known as the first army in Europe, actually surrendered after only resisting for more than a month, which has to be said to be very surprising.
Because at that time, France's strength was actually on par with Germany's, why was Germany able to beat France in a second? Could it be that France is weak? In this regard, some experts frankly said: This is very critical! That is, France relied too much on its painstaking construction of the Maginot Line, which was built by France at that time and spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was the strongest defense line in the world at that time.
If Germany had really only broken through the Maginot Line at that time, it is estimated that World War II would not have been fought, after all, the Maginot Line was too strong. However, France and Britain, which have been blinded by the victory of the First World War, have ignored a common sense, that is, the reason why the defensive line is useful is that the enemy is willing to attack head-on, and what if others do not break through it head-on but take a detour?
Then the defensive line is useless. Such an idea is estimated that some people in the French camp at that time would also think of it, but france at that time felt that the only gap in the Ardennes Forest German tanks could not pass through here, so it could be said that the defense here was very loose. However, what was not expected was that it was such an oversight that led to the annihilation of France, because the German general Manstein formulated a perfect tactical breakthrough for Hitler, that is, the main German armored corps from the Ardennes Forest as a breakthrough, coupled with Guderian's armored blitzkrieg, made the Ardennes Forest Defense Line quickly break through.
And the Anglo-French coalition also changed from retreat to rout! In the end, he quarreled over whether to return to England first or withdraw, and at such a critical moment, he did not do anything! Neither Britain nor France was withdrawn, so it wasted precious fighters, and it has to be said that it is very stupid, and the final result is that France, which is known as the first army in Europe, surrendered for more than a month.