Why did France surrender in World War II and Britain didn't?

(1) The combat readiness is seriously insufficient, and most troops are hastily assembled.

After the German occupation of Poland, they did not continue to attack the eastern Soviet Union. The main German forces began to turn around and attack western European countries. Under such circumstances, the French government suddenly began to worry. Due to the serious shortage of French soldiers, France temporarily recruited 6.5438+0.5 million soldiers, most of whom were farmers.

These newly recruited soldiers are seriously short of military training, and the gap in equipment is even more obvious. Because France has no air superiority, the French army was defeated again and again under the attack of the German Blitzkrieg. The combat quality of soldiers largely determines the direction of the war, and the gap between French and German soldiers on ordinary soldiers is very obvious.

(2) There are many internal contradictions in France, and the decision-making mistakes are serious.

According to the strength of France, it would not have been so badly defeated. However, there are many contradictions within the French command, which greatly limits the tactical flexibility of the French army. In order to prevent the German attack, the French built a long maginot line on the border.

From a tactical point of view, this line of defense is quite perfect. But the premise is that the Germans must attack this line of defense, but unfortunately the Germans are not that stupid. The Germans sent some troops to attack Belgium, which made the British and French allied forces mistakenly think that the Germans would adopt the strategy of World War I and attack France through Belgium. Britain and France were really fooled, and the main force of Britain and France entered Belgium to fight the Germans. However, the real German main force crossed the Ardennes forest and approached France. Germany's strategic deception succeeded, and France's forces were very empty.

2. The reason why Britain refused to surrender.

Britain is surrounded by the sea, which makes the Germans who just swept across Europe useless. If the Germans want to attack Britain, they must use the navy to transport army troops to land. However, Britain is an old naval power. Although the German navy has developed rapidly, the thin camel is bigger than the horse, and the strength of the British navy is still above that of the German navy. The navies of the two countries fought two decisive battles, and both naval battles ended in the defeat of the German army. Hitler also tried to force Britain to surrender by large-scale bombing, but the strength of the British air force should not be underestimated, and the large-scale bombing of the German army did not achieve the expected results.

Hitler ordered a total blockade of Britain. Britain is an island country, which is its advantage and its biggest disadvantage. Germany's blockade has really caused great trouble to Britain, which has only enough food for half a month. British Prime Minister Churchill was worried, but at that time, the United States decided to help.

The attitude of Americans has always been like this. It will never tolerate a big country dominating a continent, and it is also a set of strategies. Seeing that Britain reached the most critical moment, the United States began to aid Britain on a large scale. Britain became full of confidence after receiving assistance from the United States. Using the United States and Germany to fight the consumption war, Germany will undoubtedly lose. This is also Hitler's greatest distress, but Germany dare not easily offend the United States. The production capacity of this country is terrible. But in the end, Hitler's ally Japan pulled the United States into the war ahead of schedule.

References:

World War II _ Baidu Encyclopedia