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Thank you for watching. I have thought about it. I did this film because I stumbled across it by accident. My main interest is the First World War. But the Maginot fortifications aren’t going anywhere. I might just get round to it.

Thank you for watching. The allied military leadership in 1939 and 1940 certainly left a lot to be desired. Very timid.

@@StevenUpton14-18: I kinda blame the civilian side of gov't. I believe socialism was starting to creep into them.

Thank you for watching. When Germany invaded Poland in September of 1939 it was a gamble that France and Britain would not intervene. We just sat there waiting during what has been called the 'Phoney War'. If we had moved up to as far as the Rhine and blew the bridges Germany would have had a big problem.

I think the driving factor that kept France and Britain out of the fight in the earliest stages was committing to more lives spent and bloodspilled on the Battlefields of Europe after the slugfest that was WW1. You have to remember, that War left some terrible wounds on the psyche of the nations involved. Millions dead, you'd never know because the bodies were so pulverized, there's really no way tally the actual sacrifices. The Warzone is so dirty with ammo and chem warfare its unusable, although unrelated, but I want to say I read somewhere the forests surrounding Chernobyl are now safe that the radiation levels have dropped significantly. I wouldn't live there but it'd be fascinating to visit. I understand it better now thanks to Steven Upton's videos. WW2 was a different animal altogether from the Trench Warfare of WW1. Warfare changes as the technology changes. WW1, WW2, The Cold War, Vietnam, and now we're moving to the constant fluidity of Modern Warfare. Appeasement via the subsequent Sacrifice and Rape of Poland was never the answer either. When it comes to War, there's never the right words to explain away the death and destruction that follows. Pray the Defenders of Freedom are Victorious. Bury the dead, mourn the losses, try to be a better Steward, and drive on.

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Thank you for watching. I am aware of Toc H and its history, but not yet made a visit.

@@StevenUpton14-18 Considering where you have been, you will love Talbot House. Truly amazing place .... you can even stay there for a few Euros a night. I have been and kind of researched pretty much everywhere you have made videos about and Toc H was the most memorable ...... named after Talbot, who was a brave young officer killed near Hooge and is buried in Sanctuary Wood cemetery. When I first went there I met a lady who as a kid had helped nurse blinded soldiers who had been in the first ever German gas attack near Wipers (Ypres). "All rank abandon ye who enter here."

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