![]() In this moment of history someone was needed: that man was Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom had thrown its troops onto the front-line and failed miserably, costing them 243 ships, 931 aircraft, and much of their mechanized ground forces because they were forced to abandon their vehicles and artillery. Seemingly, the only country left standing in the wake of Germany was the United Kingdom. In just over a month, the Germans had managed to capture more ground than they had during the entirety of World War I. The Entente clung to their remaining optimism… until Paris fell on Jand with it, the organized French resistance. The British were forced to enact Operation Dynamo and pulled off a daring evacuation of Dunkirk, rescuing almost 340,000 soldiers. The Germans rushed through Belgium, circumventing the Maginot Line, and pushed deep into France, cutting off thousands of French and British troops. France had the Maginot Line, the strongest stretch of fortifications every built, and together the French and British had a superior numerical advantage. The hope of Western Europe was left in the hands of France and the United Kingdom. ![]() German armor and infantry flooded across Europe in what became known as the “ blitzkrieg” or “lightning war.” Countries were felled, one by one, in quick succession. World War II had started horribly for the Entente, the Allied powers.
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