The career of General Maxime Weyland spanned half the turbulent 20th Century.
Here s What You Need to Know: Weygand viewed colonial France as an eventual springboard for the Allied liberation of continental France.
“What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over,” intoned British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. “The Battle of Britain is about to begin.” Those famous words were uttered as German armies steamrolled beaten French armies in the spring of 1940 and chased the British Expeditionary Force into the sea at Dunkirk in one of the most successful military campaigns in martial annals.
“A Man of Authority and Good Sense”