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The episode explores whether France could or should have continued fighting in 1940.

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Hosts: Prof. Dr. Matthias Strohn, Jesse Alexander

Topics covered

• historical counterfactual
• France in 1940
• World War II
• military strategy
• historical analysis

Keywords

• France
• World War II
• 1940
• counterfactual
• military history

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