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The third of seven films in the "Why We Fight" series details military aggression by Germany after the September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland. Using animated maps created at Disney studios, newsreels, Army and Nazi footage and some dramatized scenes, the film details the invasions of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France. Designed to explain the causes and course of the war to U.S. Army troops before they went overseas, the "Why We Fight" films were produced between 1942 and 1945 by Academy Award winner Frank Capra and a team of Army Signal Corps technicians and Hollywood veterans. Sponsor: U.S. Army

The third of seven films in the "Why We Fight" series details military aggression by Germany after the September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland. Using animated maps created at Disney studios, newsreels, Army and Nazi footage and some dramatized scenes, the film details the invasions of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France. Designed to explain the causes and course of the war to U.S. Army troops before they went overseas, the "Why We Fight" films were produced between 1942 and 1945 by Academy Award winner Frank Capra and a team of Army Signal Corps technicians and Hollywood veterans. Sponsor: U.S. Army

"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.

The third of seven films in the "Why We Fight" series details military aggression by Germany after the September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland. Using animated maps created at Disney studios, newsreels, Army and Nazi footage and some dramatized scenes, the film details the invasions of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France. Designed to explain the causes and course of the war to U.S. Army troops before they went overseas, the "Why We Fight" films were produced between 1942 and 1945 by Academy Award winner Frank Capra and a team of Army Signal Corps technicians and Hollywood veterans. Sponsor: U.S. Army

Divide and Conquer  is the third film of  Frank Capra 's Why We Fight   propaganda film  series and deals with the Nazi conquest of  Western Europe  in 1940,  and the campaign in  Benelux  and the  Fall of France . Capra's synopsis: "Hitler occupies Denmark and Norway, outflanks  Maginot Line , drives  British Army  into  North Sea , forces surrender of France." The film begins immediately after the  invasion of Poland . Of the two major Western Allies on 1940, the  United Kingdom  is first to be mentioned. The role of the  Royal Navy  in  blockading  Germany is highlighted as Germany being forced to overcome British resistance to clear the way for its  world conquest . Hitler's treachery towards the small neutral countries of Europe is exposed to  Denmark  ("We have concluded a  non-aggression pact  with Denmark"),  Norway  ("Germany never had any quarrel with the Northern States and has none today"), the  Netherlands  ("The new Reich has always endeavored to maintain the traditional friendship with Holland") and  Belgium : ("The Reich has put forth no claim which may in any way be regarded as a threat to Belgium). Those quotes are repeated after the conquest of each of those countries is shown. The first German targets in 1940 are Denmark and Norway. Interest in Norway is described in terms of Germany's desire to use Norway's  fjords  as  U-boats  bases, and  airfields  in Norway for a bomber attack on the British naval base at  Scapa Flow . After Hitler's surprise  invasion of Denmark  is briefly mentioned, the film accuses the Nazis of using  Trojan horse  ships, which are designed to look like merchant ships but conceal troops, tanks, and artillery guns, to seize control of all of Norway's ports. The role of Norwegian traitors such as  Vidkun Quisling  in aiding the conquest of Norway is also emphasized. At the end of the section on Norway, Hitler is likened to the  gangster   John Dillinger , and  occupied Norway  is portrayed as the northern claw of a giant  pincer movement  aimed against Britain. The conquest of France would provide the southern claw. The film's story of France begins in 1914 at the  Battle of the Marne . The  offensive-minded  spirit of French General  Ferdinand Foch  is emphasized: "My right is driven in, my center is giving way, the situation is excellent, I attack!" (the original in  French  is displayed onscreen). The film then goes on to describe the defensive orientation of 1930's France, exemplified by the  Maginot Line , which is explained as being the primary cause of the six million casualties suffered by France during  World War I  along with factors including Nazi  fifth column  activities,  political corruption , and greedy vested interests. Possible routes for a German invasion of France are discussed: the 1870 attack through  Alsace-Lorraine  and the 1914 attack through  Belgium . The French, believing the Maginot Line to be impregnable, expect the German attack to come through Belgium, as it did in 1914. The French  order of battle  in 1940 is described: 78 divisions along the border with Belgium, 15 in the Maginot Line, 10 divisions facing  Benito Mussolini 's forces in Italy, and 3½ divisions as a safeguard against  Spain . The  British Expeditionary Force  contribute an additional 10 divisions. The important role of  paratroopers  in the conquest of the Netherlands is covered, as is the Germans' easy defeat of the Belgian resistance at  Fort Eben-Emael  since they learned the best method of attack after extensive practice on an exact copy of the fortress built in  occupied   Czechoslovakia . Special attention is also paid to Nazi atrocities, such as the  Rotterdam Blitz  after the surrender of the city, and Nazi attacks on villages and small towns, which are designed to choke roads with refugees to impede Allied troop movements. The Nazi attack on Belgium and the Netherlands is then mentioned to be a  feint  that distracts from the main attack through the  Ardennes , where the Allies least expect it. A US military officer shows an animation to demonstrate the German  blitzkrieg  technique: tanks form the front spearhead while infantry spill off from the sides to form solid walls, which protects the center of the column so that trucks can pass to supply all forces involved. Information From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_Conquer_(film)

Produced by the U.S. Army Special Service Division, and directed by Frank Capra "Why We Fight" is a seven part propaganda/documentary series that traces the earliest beginnings of the second world war starting with Japan's invasion of China in 1931, to the Nazi's march across europe. This is a remasterd version encoded for Apple TV.

The third of seven films in the "Why We Fight" series details military aggression by Germany after the September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland. Using animated maps created at Disney studios, newsreels, Army and Nazi footage and some dramatized scenes, the film details the invasions of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France. Designed to explain the causes and course of the war to U.S. Army troops before they went overseas, the "Why We Fight" films were produced between 1942 and 1945 by Academy Award winner Frank Capra and a team of Army Signal Corps technicians and Hollywood veterans. Sponsor: U.S. Army

The third of seven films in the "Why We Fight" series details military aggression by Germany after the September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland. Using animated maps created at Disney studios, newsreels, Army and Nazi footage and some dramatized scenes, the film details the invasions of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France. Designed to explain the causes and course of the war to U.S. Army troops before they went overseas, the "Why We Fight" films were produced between 1942 and 1945 by Academy Award winner Frank Capra and a team of Army Signal Corps technicians and Hollywood veterans. Sponsor: U.S. Army

The third of seven films in the "Why We Fight" series details military aggression by Germany after the September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland. Using animated maps created at Disney studios, newsreels, Army and Nazi footage and some dramatized scenes, the film details the invasions of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France. Designed to explain the causes and course of the war to U.S. Army troops before they went overseas, the "Why We Fight" films were produced between 1942 and 1945 by Academy Award winner Frank Capra and a team of Army Signal Corps technicians and Hollywood veterans. Sponsor: U.S. Army

The third of seven films in the "Why We Fight" series details military aggression by Germany after the September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland. Using animated maps created at Disney studios, newsreels, Army and Nazi footage and some dramatized scenes, the film details the invasions of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France. Designed to explain the causes and course of the war to U.S. Army troops before they went overseas, the "Why We Fight" films were produced between 1942 and 1945 by Academy Award winner Frank Capra and a team of Army Signal Corps technicians and Hollywood veterans. Sponsor: U.S. Army

The third of seven films in the "Why We Fight" series details military aggression by Germany after the September 1, 1939 invasion of Poland. Using animated maps created at Disney studios, newsreels, Army and Nazi footage and some dramatized scenes, the film details the invasions of Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France. Designed to explain the causes and course of the war to U.S. Army troops before they went overseas, the "Why We Fight" films were produced between 1942 and 1945 by Academy Award winner Frank Capra and a team of Army Signal Corps technicians and Hollywood veterans. Sponsor: U.S. Army