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

Name: See how German troops parachuted behind the Maginot Line as part of the blitzkrieg against Allied forces
Uploaded: 2022-06-30T17:22:52
Duration: 30 s
Description: The German invasion of France, May 1940; from The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.

The German invasion of France, May 1940; from The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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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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