Four High Hopes

German children were not being raised to believe in a world of tolerance and acceptance. The mentality that God created the world as a place for work and battle was the distilled essence of Nazism. 

on the night of 9 May 1940, the attack across the River Meuse began.

panzer corps + air raids (bombers and Stukas dive bombers)

Stuka dive bombers-it could dive near-vertically at a speed of 370 miles per hour from a height of 15,000 feet.

It is clear that the initial success was really achieved by small assault teams who crossed the river with the help of engineers and aerial support, not by the celebrated tanks at all.

Chamberlain (lose) VS Churchill (win)VS Halifax (give up)

platoon 

company

brigade

regiment

division

engineer

infantry

cavalry

colonel

ammunition

mortar

bunker

sergeant

pillbox

gun emplacement

batman

hand grenade

adjutant

deserter

peerage

binocular

sniper

battalion

charge

magazine

artillery

outflank

unmitigated

rein

wield

capricious

a summary execution

tender one's resignation

banter

covet

prelude

billet

demolition 

detonate

dumfounded

disjointed

disarray