Divide and Conquer

Series: Why We Fight Series

Duration: 57

Year Published: 1943

Creator: United States War Department

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Documents the German invasion of Denmark, Holland, Norway, Belgium, and France using newsreel and combat footage and extensive map graphics. Explains the German invasion of Denmark and Norway as motivated by the need for supply lines and air bases for the attack on Britain. Shows the German circumvention of the Maginot Line with feints into Holland and Belgium while a major thrust was made through the Ardennes Forest. Depicts the rapid German advance by the use of extended supply corridors that backed the French and English armies into the sea at Dunkirk. Ends with the evacuation of the French army to North Africa, Shows the Nazi blitz of Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, the move to crush France and force the Dunkirk evacuation.

Complete Record: Documents the German invasion of Denmark, Holland, Norway, Belgium, and France using newsreel and combat footage and extensive map graphics. Explains the German invasion of Denmark and Norway as motivated by the need for supply lines and air bases for the attack on Britain. Shows the German circumvention of the Maginot Line with feints into Holland and Belgium while a major thrust was made through the Ardennes Forest. Depicts the rapid German advance by the use of extended supply corridors that backed the French and English armies into the sea at Dunkirk. Ends with the evacuation of the French army to North Africa, Shows the Nazi blitz of Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, the move to crush France and force the Dunkirk evacuation. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.