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See how German troops parachuted behind the Maginot Line as part of the blitzkrieg against Allied forces

See how German troops parachuted behind the Maginot Line as part of the blitzkrieg against Allied forces
See how German troops parachuted behind the Maginot Line as part of the blitzkrieg against Allied forces
The German invasion of France, May 1940; from The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
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Transcript

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NARRATOR: As in Poland, the blitzkrieg was violent--ruthless--and efficiently executed. Parachutists, dropping behind the lines, took strategic bridges. The French had been sure that their famous Maginot Line would protect them; but the Germans merely bypassed it. Within weeks they cut the Allied forces to pieces.

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