Why We Fight: Divide And Conquer (Frank Capra)

"Divide and Conquer," Chapter III of Frank Capra's "Why We Fight"
series, begins with Britain and France's declaration of war on Germany
after Hitler's invasion of Poland. The film covers the Nazi capture of
Denmark and Norway, steps necessary to mount a future attack on Britain,
then describes in detail Hitler's strategy as he conquers Luxembourg,
Belgium and the Netherlands. Special attention is paid to Nazi
atrocities. Dead and injured children are shown en masse and the film
explains how the bombing of Rotterdam leads to "thirty thousand men,
women and children killed in ninety minutes." The narrator tells how
the Luftwaffe bombs small villages so that refugees clog the highways,
and how it uses precision machine gun fire to herd the survivors toward
the allied armies, who find their progress severely constrained as a
result. An American military officer details the Nazi plan for an
invasion of France, which Hitler conquers in just over a month. The
Germans bludgeon the French armies into surrender, then "enslave" much
of the local population to service the German military regime.

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[SpaceCowboy641]

@Coldgin94 You are so right! I watched all Nazi rally movies committed by Leni Riefenstahl and I have to say, that her nazi stuff was boring, stupid and revolting ... On the allied side, the movie series of Frank Capra is a everlasting masterpiece !!!

[golgotha131]

I Remember When I was a Kid At Elem. I always watched Tapes of capra's VHS Famous in that Time, Make Me Inspire To Have A Journey to Europe Countries!!!!

[nurski12]

very nice video

[Coldgin94]

with this serie of movies , Frank Capra made a great work !