James Holland

And, you know, what they should have done is built kind of border defences all along the northern coast with Belgium because Belgium refused to kind of allow any Allied troops into its territory. It was neutral. And France should have said, okay, fine. Well, then we'll defend, you know, we're not going to come to your rescue if you get invaded. That's the payoff.

And, you know, what they should have done is built kind of border defences all along the northern coast with Belgium because Belgium refused to kind of allow any Allied troops into its territory. It was neutral. And France should have said, okay, fine. Well, then we'll defend, you know, we're not going to come to your rescue if you get invaded. That's the payoff.

And, you know, what they should have done is built kind of border defences all along the northern coast with Belgium because Belgium refused to kind of allow any Allied troops into its territory.

It was neutral.

And France should have said, okay, fine.

Well, then we'll defend, you know, we're not going to come to your rescue if you get invaded.

That's the payoff.

And the consequence of that, we are going to stop piloting that and we're not going to be drawn into the neutral territory should Germany invade from the West. But they don't do that because of the psychological damage of having fought a war in exactly that area a generation earlier. And that's the problem.

And the consequence of that, we are going to stop piloting that and we're not going to be drawn into the neutral territory should Germany invade from the West. But they don't do that because of the psychological damage of having fought a war in exactly that area a generation earlier. And that's the problem.

And the consequence of that, we are going to stop piloting that and we're not going to be drawn into the neutral territory should Germany invade from the West. But they don't do that because of the psychological damage of having fought a war in exactly that area a generation earlier. And that's the problem.

And the consequence of that, we are going to stop piloting that and we're not going to be drawn into the neutral territory should Germany invade from the West.

But they don't do that because of the psychological damage of having fought a war in exactly that area a generation earlier.

And that's the problem.

So when, you know, Germany is so weakened by the invasion of Poland, there was literally nothing left. You know, the back door into Western Germany is completely open. And so they do what they call the Tsar Offensive, but it's not. It's a kind of reconnaissance in force where they kind of go across the border, kind of pick their noses for a few days and then kind of trundle back again.

So when, you know, Germany is so weakened by the invasion of Poland, there was literally nothing left. You know, the back door into Western Germany is completely open. And so they do what they call the Tsar Offensive, but it's not. It's a kind of reconnaissance in force where they kind of go across the border, kind of pick their noses for a few days and then kind of trundle back again.

So when, you know, Germany is so weakened by the invasion of Poland, there was literally nothing left. You know, the back door into Western Germany is completely open. And so they do what they call the Tsar Offensive, but it's not. It's a kind of reconnaissance in force where they kind of go across the border, kind of pick their noses for a few days and then kind of trundle back again.

So when, you know, Germany is so weakened by the invasion of Poland, there was literally nothing left.

You know, the back door into Western Germany is completely open.

And so they do what they call the Tsar Offensive, but it's not.

It's a kind of reconnaissance in force where they kind of