James Holland

And there's no getting away from that. And it is all the more ironic when you consider that France is actually the most automotive society in Europe. It's the second most automotive society in the world after the United States. By some margin, it has to be said as well. You know, it has a fantastic transportation system. Railway network is superb.

And there's no getting away from that.

And it is all the more ironic when you consider that France is actually the most automotive society in Europe.

It's the second most automotive society in the world after the United States.

By some margin, it has to be said as well.

You know, it has a fantastic transportation system.

Railway network is superb.

There are eight people for every motorized vehicle in France, which is way above Germany, which is in 1939, that figure is 47, for example.

There are eight people for every motorized vehicle in France, which is way above Germany, which is in 1939, that figure is 47, for example. It's 106 in Italy. So France is very mechanized. Very mechanized. So come on, guys. Pull your finger out, get it together. And they just don't. They're incredibly slow and cumbersome.

There are eight people for every motorized vehicle in France, which is way above Germany, which is in 1939, that figure is 47, for example. It's 106 in Italy. So France is very mechanized. Very mechanized. So come on, guys. Pull your finger out, get it together. And they just don't. They're incredibly slow and cumbersome.

There are eight people for every motorized vehicle in France, which is way above Germany, which is in 1939, that figure is 47, for example. It's 106 in Italy. So France is very mechanized. Very mechanized. So come on, guys. Pull your finger out, get it together. And they just don't. They're incredibly slow and cumbersome.

It's 106 in Italy.

So France is very mechanized.

Very mechanized.

So come on, guys.

Pull your finger out, get it together.

And they just don't.

They're incredibly slow and cumbersome.

And what they think is when, what will happen is the Germans won't think of going, you know, they won't do a pincer movement because you can't possibly take motorized forces through the Ardennes. That just is not possible, which is the hinge area between the end of the Maginot, the northern part of the Maginot line, which runs down the western, sorry, the eastern border of France.

And what they think is when, what will happen is the Germans won't think of going, you know, they won't do a pincer movement because you can't possibly take motorized forces through the Ardennes. That just is not possible, which is the hinge area between the end of the Maginot, the northern part of the Maginot line, which runs down the western, sorry, the eastern border of France.