Kvetch.

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"kvetch: intransitive verb - To complain persistently and whiningly.:

The Frenchmen of the WW2 era no longer manly and virile? The Frenchmen effeminate and woman-like? Frenchmen emasculated.

"emasculate transitive verb To castrate. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken"

French defeat, the Battle of France 1940. Debacle explained?

1. "The Humiliation of France"

"Mythmaking and the Paradox of Retribution; Ethnic Homogeneity, Migration and Society"

https://www.kvetch.au | MISHA SAUL | AUG 27, 2022.

"In this Kvetch I dive into the fall of France, WWII mythmaking, and the paradox of retribution, as well as ethnic homogeneity and its effects."

See with particular attention to # 1. Blitzkreig and Mythology the Misha Saul article.

"In May 1940 it took the Germans 6 weeks to defeat France and evict Britain from Europe. The Germans killed 120,000 French soldiers, captured 1.2 million prisoners of war, and all of France’s artillery, tanks and trucks and industry. It was the greatest victory of WWII."

See this too a much more nuanced perspective the topic:

2. "Why did France lose to Germany in 1940?"

"The speed with which France crumbled and capitulated in the face of the May 1940 German invasion is still shocking, 80 years on. How did this catastrophe happen?"

From https://www.france24.com |  the article by Stéphanie TROUILLARD | 16/05/2020.      

"After several months of 'phony war', the German army finally attacked France and the Low Countries on May 10, 1940. In less than a fortnight [two weeks], the Wehrmacht swept through the country from the north."

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"How did this happen? And why so quickly? FRANCE 24 spoke to historian Michaël Bourlet, a former professor of history at the Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan military academy"

The distinguished American military historian and theoretician Trevor Dupuy of the opinion using his rough and and crude QJM criteria that the French and allied forces could have prevailed in 1940 if the French army had NOT deployed FOUR armies to defend the Maginot Line when only ONE was required.

Devoted readers to the blog also see this prior blog entry the Battle of France 1940.

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