Theo Young-Smith

They have powerful friends, Britain and France. I mean, Britain and France, for all that we have criticized them in the last few episodes, they're serious players. You know, rich, powerful empires, not just kind of industrial democracies. So the polls, it's reasonable for the polls to think, well, maybe... You know, the weight will be on our side. We outnumbered the Germans.

They have powerful friends, Britain and France. I mean, Britain and France, for all that we have criticized them in the last few episodes, they're serious players. You know, rich, powerful empires, not just kind of industrial democracies. So the polls, it's reasonable for the polls to think, well, maybe... You know, the weight will be on our side. We outnumbered the Germans.

They're fighting on two fronts. The Poles have drawn up a plan called Plan Zachod. Now, this envisages, of course, the Germans will make gains in the first few days, but then we will withdraw to these defensible rivers in the center of Poland, the Vistula, the Bug, the San, and so on. We will hold the Germans there.

They're fighting on two fronts. The Poles have drawn up a plan called Plan Zachod. Now, this envisages, of course, the Germans will make gains in the first few days, but then we will withdraw to these defensible rivers in the center of Poland, the Vistula, the Bug, the San, and so on. We will hold the Germans there.

They're fighting on two fronts. The Poles have drawn up a plan called Plan Zachod. Now, this envisages, of course, the Germans will make gains in the first few days, but then we will withdraw to these defensible rivers in the center of Poland, the Vistula, the Bug, the San, and so on. We will hold the Germans there.

Now, meanwhile, in the West, the French and the British will launch their attack on Western Germany. Hitler will have to withdraw troops, recall troops to defend the fatherland. That will allow us to, at worst, stabilize our lines and at best, maybe launch a counterattack. So on paper, it doesn't sound like such a terrible scheme. But the issue is, will the French and the British do their bit?

Now, meanwhile, in the West, the French and the British will launch their attack on Western Germany. Hitler will have to withdraw troops, recall troops to defend the fatherland. That will allow us to, at worst, stabilize our lines and at best, maybe launch a counterattack. So on paper, it doesn't sound like such a terrible scheme. But the issue is, will the French and the British do their bit?

Now, meanwhile, in the West, the French and the British will launch their attack on Western Germany. Hitler will have to withdraw troops, recall troops to defend the fatherland. That will allow us to, at worst, stabilize our lines and at best, maybe launch a counterattack. So on paper, it doesn't sound like such a terrible scheme. But the issue is, will the French and the British do their bit?

Now, when the news broke that France and Britain had declared war on the 3rd of September, there were huge crowds in Warsaw, outside the embassies, people singing, you know, God Save the King and the Marseillaise and stuff, very moving scenes.

Now, when the news broke that France and Britain had declared war on the 3rd of September, there were huge crowds in Warsaw, outside the embassies, people singing, you know, God Save the King and the Marseillaise and stuff, very moving scenes.

Now, when the news broke that France and Britain had declared war on the 3rd of September, there were huge crowds in Warsaw, outside the embassies, people singing, you know, God Save the King and the Marseillaise and stuff, very moving scenes.

And two days later, on the 5th of September, the commander of the Polish armed forces, who's a guy called Marshal Rydz-Szmigli, he says, OK, let's put this band into operation. They start to withdraw to the center of the country. Give up Western Poland now. And they're waiting and waiting and waiting for the Allies to make their move.

And two days later, on the 5th of September, the commander of the Polish armed forces, who's a guy called Marshal Rydz-Szmigli, he says, OK, let's put this band into operation. They start to withdraw to the center of the country. Give up Western Poland now. And they're waiting and waiting and waiting for the Allies to make their move.

And two days later, on the 5th of September, the commander of the Polish armed forces, who's a guy called Marshal Rydz-Szmigli, he says, OK, let's put this band into operation. They start to withdraw to the center of the country. Give up Western Poland now. And they're waiting and waiting and waiting for the Allies to make their move.

And two days later, they get the first sign this is going to happen. The French cross into the Saarland at three points. And, you know, is this it? And actually, do you know what? The French just stop a few miles in. It's a complete sham. They don't even get to the fortified Siegfried Line, the line of kind of German forts. They hang around for a few, a couple of weeks. And then by early October...

And two days later, they get the first sign this is going to happen. The French cross into the Saarland at three points. And, you know, is this it? And actually, do you know what? The French just stop a few miles in. It's a complete sham. They don't even get to the fortified Siegfried Line, the line of kind of German forts. They hang around for a few, a couple of weeks. And then by early October...

And two days later, they get the first sign this is going to happen. The French cross into the Saarland at three points. And, you know, is this it? And actually, do you know what? The French just stop a few miles in. It's a complete sham. They don't even get to the fortified Siegfried Line, the line of kind of German forts. They hang around for a few, a couple of weeks. And then by early October...

I mean, this is the thing. Goebbels, in his diary, wrote, the French withdrawal is more than astonishing. It is completely incomprehensible. At the Nuremberg trials, General Jodl told the judges, he told the trial, he said the French could have taken Germany in the first weeks of the war. He said they outnumbered us in the West by five to one. And they didn't do it.

I mean, this is the thing. Goebbels, in his diary, wrote, the French withdrawal is more than astonishing. It is completely incomprehensible. At the Nuremberg trials, General Jodl told the judges, he told the trial, he said the French could have taken Germany in the first weeks of the war. He said they outnumbered us in the West by five to one. And they didn't do it.

I mean, this is the thing. Goebbels, in his diary, wrote, the French withdrawal is more than astonishing. It is completely incomprehensible. At the Nuremberg trials, General Jodl told the judges, he told the trial, he said the French could have taken Germany in the first weeks of the war. He said they outnumbered us in the West by five to one. And they didn't do it.