we speak of the breakthrough it's done but actually the break was along a wide front extending for fifty miles from my mother in belgium to a society further north the allied armies had swung like a gate into these positions the german armies had swept over holland broken the line of the albert canal and for all anyone knew we were preparing to smash against the allied front with all that power that was the situation dangerous but are on the evening of may thirteenth on the fourteenth and fifteenth it became clear that the german break through south of namo i was in the greatest strength and that's the french ninth aami attack while moving into position had been shattered without doubt this was the point of mortal danger and the french high command ought as the abandonment of these positions although they had not yet been attacked those positions four aband the south into the area threatened by the rapidly advancing german spearheads they sign me was not used to attack the german flag but rather was used as a plug to restore the broken front throughout the allies that placed their faith not in our fence fight in defense and the defense was doomed to failure because it was confronted with an entirely new technique in warfare the planes tank infantry team in action staggered by the speed with which the german armored columns moved what was the secret that unable to move so far so rapidly the secret lay in the organization of the strik forces came first closely followed by motorised divisions which peeled off farming solid walls and through the car that farmed raised the supply trucks to feed the ever l column it was obvious that if the allied situation was to be restored the german column would have to be cut on may seventeenth general to go all the time to the german flank and the means for a really successful counterattack against the german carta simply did not exist where numbers of divisions were required only handfuls of companies and the talents were  a valiant attempt to cut the german karta was made by a group of slow moving british tanks just south of iraq but lack of sustained striking power doing this  to destruction on may twenty first the german sphere had reached the channel part of abbeyville protecting their flank along with saw the germans fanned out to the north and there were fewer than fifty divisions left to defend the front almost two hundred miles long running from the northern end of the marginal line to the sea and behind that ten front line there were no reserves best men of the french army without adequate arms or equipment to brace themselves for the coming blow the first blow fell on june sept the french resistance was determined but by june eighth the left flank army had been shattered and a general withdrawal was obvious to the line of the mine and the same on june ninth the german main attack came within two days the german army and motorized divisions brought out into the open terrain with this break through the usual of the battle of france was decided and from that time on there was official talk of an armistice now what about the famous marginal lines let's go back and take a lots on june fourteenth the germans launched two attacks against the maginot line in both cases penetrations were affected but we must remember that this was against france was no longer possible the government face to alternative rock tired to north africa and carry on from there or give up the struggle france's leaders were old and tired and the oldest and most who received this word of a great nation all in a characteristic manner also characteristic with his terms for the armistice it must be signed in the coach when marshal final price a price but for centuries to come the french won't forget more than three fifths of their country was to be blacked out by a military occupation the remainder was to be controlled by a french government acceptable to him like a tax of four hundred million francs a day was to be there will be a class of subject alien race we need not hesitate to call them play frank children were to grow up on such inadequate food that many would reach the age of twelve before they gr and for any attempts to protest against these restrictions thousands of innocent french civilians would be executed this was the price the french were to pay as they signed the armistice of the master of the master race let's go to paris to tour the streets of what was once the flitting of light you notice what they must think telling them how to be slaves gone and for the public of france gone ms free speech in a free representative government gone news liberty equality fraternity these are the french with their ears they listen but their minds and their hearts these are down on the mediterranean where the battle colors of the regiments are being taken