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Equipment and organization episode! Even if the French commanders got thoroughly discredited after 1940, the actual gear used by the army kept a decent reputation. But that might not be entirely justified as their arsenal was riddled with deficiencies all its own.
Bibliography for this episode:
Doughty, Robert Allan The Seeds of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine 1919-1939 Archon Books 1985
Porch, Douglas Defeat and Division: France at War, 1939-1942 Cambridge University Press 2022
Bishop, Chris The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II Barnes & Noble Inc 1998
Johnson, Lee The French Army 1939-45 Osprey Publishing 1998
Porter, David World War II Tanks: Western Allies 1939-45 Amber Books 2009
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