Frank Capra's Why We Fight #3 Divide And Conquer CC: [00:56:50] - Info and Reading Options

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<i style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><b>Divide and Conquer</b></i><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> is the third film of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Capra" title="Frank Capra" style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;" rel="nofollow">Frank Capra</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">'s <i>Why We Fight</i></span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_film" title="Propaganda film" style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;" rel="nofollow">propaganda film</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> series and deals with the Nazi conquest of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe" style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;" rel="nofollow">Western Europe</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> in 1940,</span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> and the campaign in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux" title="Benelux" style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;" rel="nofollow">Benelux</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> and the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of France" style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;" rel="nofollow">Fall of France</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">. Capra's synopsis: "Hitler occupies Denmark and Norway, outflanks </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maginot_Line" title="Maginot Line" style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;" rel="nofollow">Maginot Line</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">, drives </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army" style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;" rel="nofollow">British Army</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> into </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea" style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;" rel="nofollow">North Sea</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">, forces surrender of France."</span><div><p style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">The film begins immediately after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">invasion of Poland</a>. Of the two major Western Allies on 1940, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">United Kingdom</a> is first to be mentioned. The role of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Royal Navy</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Germany_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">blockading</a> Germany is highlighted as Germany being forced to overcome British resistance to clear the way for its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony" title="Hegemony" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">world conquest</a>.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Hitler's treachery towards the small neutral countries of Europe is exposed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Denmark</a> ("We have concluded a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_pact" title="Non-aggression pact" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">non-aggression pact</a> with Denmark"), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway" title="Norway" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Norway</a> ("Germany never had any quarrel with the Northern States and has none today"), the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Netherlands</a> ("The new Reich has always endeavored to maintain the traditional friendship with Holland") and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Belgium</a>: ("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.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjords" class="mw-redirect" title="Fjords" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">fjords</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boats" class="mw-redirect" title="U-boats" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">U-boats</a> bases, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfields" class="mw-redirect" title="Airfields" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">airfields</a> in Norway for a bomber attack on the British naval base at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapa_Flow" title="Scapa Flow" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Scapa Flow</a>. After Hitler's surprise <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)" title="German invasion of Denmark (1940)" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">invasion of Denmark</a> is briefly mentioned, the film accuses the Nazis of using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Trojan horse" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Trojan horse</a> 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling" title="Vidkun Quisling" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Vidkun Quisling</a> in aiding the conquest of Norway is also emphasized. At the end of the section on Norway, Hitler is likened to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangster" title="Gangster" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">gangster</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dillinger" title="John Dillinger" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">John Dillinger</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Norway" title="German occupation of Norway" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">occupied Norway</a> is portrayed as the northern claw of a giant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pincer_movement" title="Pincer movement" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">pincer movement</a> aimed against Britain. The conquest of France would provide the southern claw.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">The film's story of France begins in 1914 at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Marne" title="First Battle of the Marne" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Battle of the Marne</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_offensive" title="Cult of the offensive" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">offensive-minded</a> spirit of French General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Foch" title="Ferdinand Foch" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Ferdinand Foch</a> is emphasized: "My right is driven in, my center is giving way, the situation is excellent, I attack!" (the original in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" title="French language" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">French</a> is displayed onscreen). The film then goes on to describe the defensive orientation of 1930's France, exemplified by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maginot_Line" title="Maginot Line" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Maginot Line</a>, which is explained as being the primary cause of the six million casualties suffered by France during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">World War I</a> along with factors including Nazi <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_column" title="Fifth column" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">fifth column</a> activities, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_corruption" title="Political corruption" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">political corruption</a>, and greedy vested interests. Possible routes for a German invasion of France are discussed: the 1870 attack through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Alsace-Lorraine" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Alsace-Lorraine</a> and the 1914 attack through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Belgium</a>. The French, believing the Maginot Line to be impregnable, expect the German attack to come through Belgium, as it did in 1914. The French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_battle" title="Order of battle" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">order of battle</a> in 1940 is described: 78 divisions along the border with Belgium, 15 in the Maginot Line, 10 divisions facing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Benito Mussolini</a>'s forces in Italy, and 3½ divisions as a safeguard against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain" title="Francoist Spain" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Spain</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">British Expeditionary Force</a> contribute an additional 10 divisions.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">The important role of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratroopers" class="mw-redirect" title="Paratroopers" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">paratroopers</a> in the conquest of the Netherlands is covered, as is the Germans' easy defeat of the Belgian resistance at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Eben-Emael" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Eben-Emael" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Fort Eben-Emael</a> since they learned the best method of attack after extensive practice on an exact copy of the fortress built in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="German occupation of Czechoslovakia" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">occupied</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Czechoslovakia</a>. Special attention is also paid to Nazi atrocities, such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam_Blitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotterdam Blitz" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Rotterdam Blitz</a> 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.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">The Nazi attack on Belgium and the Netherlands is then mentioned to be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feint" title="Feint" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">feint</a> that distracts from the main attack through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardennes" title="Ardennes" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">Ardennes</a>, where the Allies least expect it. A US military officer shows an animation to demonstrate the German <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzkrieg" title="Blitzkrieg" style="background:none;" rel="nofollow">blitzkrieg</a> 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.</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Information From</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_Conquer_(film)</p></div>

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