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发帖数: 12067 | 1 June 4, 1940
Winston Churchill
From the moment that the French defenses at Sedan and on the Meuse were brok
en at the end of the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to Amiens and
the south could have saved the British and French Armies who had entered Bel
gium at the appeal of the Belgian King; but this strategic fact was not imme
diately realized. The French High Command hoped they would be able to close
the gap, and the Armies of the north were under their orders. Moreover, a re
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