[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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[C19fan]

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[GeronL]

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War has shown Germans inferior, they say [France]

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Just a tad premature there Pierre

[CougarGA7]

The loss of General Billotte was not a great one at this point of the game. By this time the commander of French Army Group 1 had already had his moral completely shattered and it showed. When he was moving his headquarters from Folembray to Douai after the Germans were pressing that area he was heard saying “Je suis crevé de fatigue...et contre ces panzers je ne peux rien faire,” which translated is “I’m exhausted and I can’t do anything about these tanks.” This would not be the first time he would say this and it would over the next few days become more of a mantra for him.

His last acts in command had him meeting with Weygand at Ypres on the 21st of May. Lord Gort was to be at this meeting too but was out of contact at the time due to being in the middle of relocating his headquarters. Overall there was a communication breakdown first because Lord Gort did not get to see Weygand at this meeting and on the way back to headquarter, Billotte was in this car accident and never regained conscientiousness, dying two days later of the 23rd.

Source: Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man - Hugh Sebag-Montefiore