The text attributes the catastrophic French defeat in 1940 to
a. poor French generalship and a loss of will.
b. French and British material inferiority.
c. the sudden surrender of the Belgians, which opened huge gaps in the French line.
d. the work of Fascist fifth-columnists inside France.
e. all-around German superiority in men and equipment.
a
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