| Why did France fall so quickly, well much of it's defence budget was spent on the Maginot line which the Germans by passed. Allies tried to rerun WW2 on WW1 tactics. At the start of WW2. France did not have much of a modern Air Force and their tanks like the British ones were under gunned even if they were well armoured. Okay the French did have one tank with a large gun but it was built into the front of the tank and could not be moved quickly or trained on target with any great ease. What saved the Britain was the channel which stopped the Germans and gave us the time to build up our strength and this took several very painful years. As Churchill said I promise you nothing but Sweat, Blood and Tears and he was very correct on this.
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