When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance
- Episode aired Oct 29, 2021
Part of France at War week on WW2TV Shocked by the fall of France in 1940, panicked US leaders rushed to back the Vichy government--a fateful decision that nearly destroyed the Anglo-America... Read allPart of France at War week on WW2TV Shocked by the fall of France in 1940, panicked US leaders rushed to back the Vichy government--a fateful decision that nearly destroyed the Anglo-American alliance. According to US Secretary of War Henry Stimson, the "most shocking single even... Read allPart of France at War week on WW2TV Shocked by the fall of France in 1940, panicked US leaders rushed to back the Vichy government--a fateful decision that nearly destroyed the Anglo-American alliance. According to US Secretary of War Henry Stimson, the "most shocking single event" of the war was not the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but rather the fall of France i... Read all