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From experiences in WWI, British and French armies were geared heavily towards defense, hence the Maginot Line. They believed that well-placed artillery and strong fortifications could demolish any assaulting army. Although that was the case in WWI, it wasn't the case in WWII due to the expanded role of tanks (the British and French had tanks support individual infantry while Germans used them into irresistable large formations supported by hundreds of Stuka bombers)
Yet Wildcat did have a point. The French and British had overwhelming manpower (over 140 divisions, reserves included), yet the Germans only had about 30 divisions devoted to their western front (Most of the Wehrmacht were at Poland), and the French and British had ample chance to invade Germany. They would have succeeded and stopped the war, but no, the Blitzkrieg ensued and millions of people would now die.....
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