1940 Artillerie française dans l'action

May 15, 1940. French newsreel. French Translation graciously provided by Olivenstein. On the morning of 9 May, on our front was for a few hours what was the war has been for the last eight months." [Order of the 9 May (morning number 497): To the east of the Moselle region, several enemy patrols were thrown back by our infantry and artillery fire.] " Limited local enemy actions--these failures were revealed at dawn beyond the barbed wire and isolated posts were met with equal energy from our French and Colonial soldiers ("Indigenes"). Morning 9 May, against German fortifications was again the constant acurate fire, carefully studied by observers, concealed photographers with ingenious and astounding devices to have. It's again the singular activity of our forward artillery. In slow motion: the shell shooting in the sky! Objectives reached! An immediate order: departure to new positions. Such was the war on the morning of 9 May--on our front for 8 months the enemy hasn't dared attack face to face." 10 May.

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[ALMC04]

Skoblin, J'aimerais entendre les paroles de De Gaulle lorsque'il vivait en Angleterre-En avez-vous?

[skoblinI]

Je crois que j'ai quelques actualités de Gaulle en Angleterre. Je les chercherai.

[13Filmrisse]

Mh. Beethoven comme musique accompagnante ...

[grou28]

@Gom2k peut être mais on aurait pas vu le Havre, Lorient, Brest Rouen, Caen détruit! La Normandie ravagée, Ouradour, LA COLLABORATION (quand même!!)... Bref on serait ressorti de cette guerre comme vrai vainqueur, comme en 18... Mais bon on refait pas l'histoire... Et puis qui sait ,on aurait p't être pas eu les trente glorieuses, on aurait lentement évolué et en 2010 on aurait p't'etre vécut comme dans les années 50 ou 60...

[Gom2k]

@grou28 Oui mais a quelle prix ? Regarde le résultat sur la ville de Londres, imagine ce qu'il en aurait été de Paris

[grou28]

Ah on a beau dire, mais même si notre aviation et nos chars n'étaient pas bien bien coordonnés, on avait la meilleure artillerie de l'époque! D'ailleurs les Allemands s'en sont resservi pour équiper le mur de l'Atlantique et contre Stalingrad! Putain si nos chefs n'avaient pas été des baltringues on l'aurait gagné dès 39 c'te putain d'guerre! Pétain, tête de chien!

[Fridomfry]

"The German surface fleet was an abject failure"

Oh, really ? Ever heard of the Tirpitz, Bismark, Prinz Eugen, Scharnorst ? What sank the Hood ?

[Fridomfry]

Merci, Thanks for this information. I knew only the 155 mm GPF, better known as "Long Tom" in the US Army (there is still a "rue du Long Tom" in Le Creusot, where it was manufactured).

All armies are invincible before the battle!

[Spentastic]

Germany lost because they were lead by an idiot corporal who by all accounts had syphilis. They should have built more U boats anyway. I'm glad they didn't because their surface fleet was an abject failure thankfully. U boats could have won the war for these swine, trust me. They just wasted time and money on a pathetic surface fleet.

[Aigle9223]

Je le sais que trop bien mais c'est juste que ça me fais penser a la radio allemande quand les russes étaient a 100m de Berlin et qu'ils disaient la 8ème armée de panzer a repoussé vaillament les russes et pars en ce moment pour Moscou XD