I think the French were sussposed to have the best Army in the world, but the high Command were stuck in World War One thinking. They also got lazy thinking that the Margiot line would protect them from a German ivaision. I belive that the English and the United States were of a Pasifist mindset because of the horror of the "great War"......while that War had just the oposet affect on the Germans. They thought they had been ill used after the War, and they wanted to get their honor back....so they planned, developed, and prodused for modern war while the rest of the world was content beliving that horse calvalry, WW1 Battelships and by-planes were all they needed.....Ray Charles could have seen all this coming...butttttt.......Mr. Churchhill deserves much credit for trying to warn others of the upcoming war, but was mostly ignored....untill it was to late.