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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Democratic Strategists in 2014 Are Like French Generals in 1940

Democratic Strategists in 2014 Are Like French Generals in 1940

By Michael Barone - March 18, 2014

It is reminiscent of the quandary faced by Gen. Maurice Gamelin on the evening of May 15, 1940. Suddenly he realized that German panzer troops had broken through the supposedly impassable Ardennes.

French troops to the north were cut off and rendered useless, troops to the south were falling back in disarray on all sides and no reserves were available between the front and Paris. "Yes," he told the prime minister, "it means the destruction of the French Army."



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