Do you want to know why Germany achieved victory in the the Battle of France in 1940 in just 46 days? It was not because the Schlieffen Plan got remastered as the Manstein Plan, nor the successful breaching of the Maginot Line in the "Operation Tiger" offensive (Yes, Germany did try to breach the Maginot Line, and actually succeeded in doing so). The real truth about how Germany won the Battle of France in 1940 can be found in the book "The Strange Defeat" by Professor Marc Bloch. You might want to read it to understand how Germany vanquished a foe who could have inflicted 1 million German casualties. The author blames France's leadership during the interwar years for being unable to foresee German rearmament and goes on to say that France's leadership during the start of the war was disastrous. If all of this was true, then Germany's victory in the Battle of France was due to their opponents' lack of willpower, and not through brilliant tactics and strategies.
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