The French Airforce during the Battle of France - 1940

While the RAF got international fame in WW2, the French Armée de l'Air (Airforce) was not as much lauded despite the courage of its pilots and the relatively good results over the Luftwaffe during the Battle of France. Indeed, the French Airforce had few good planes, most of its aircrafts were old and outmached by German fighter planes. The French High Command did not pay a great attention to Airforce, this strategic mistake proved disastrous.

My other videos in English about France’s participation in WW2 :

France in 1944: Occupation, Collaboration, Resistance, Liberation ENGLISH SUBTITLES (full documentary)
https://ok.ru/video/808959150693

French army in 1940: What Nolan's "Dunkirk" did not show you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6DMrPfMWpI

French Army in WW2 - The rise of Free France (Nov.1940 - May 1943)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxSXDqbGZxs

Free French Forces in 1941 (East African Campaign) + Nettempereur migration to OK.RU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTtdRyqDigs

The Battle of Bir Hakeim - The failure of Rommel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_M-j67PJdM

The Free French Victory over Rommel : Bir Hakeim, 1942
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNTJRm46ee4

Normandie-Niemen - French fighters in Russia during WW2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnM_Mtyp0uY

Kieffer, the French Commandos who landed first on Sword Beach - D DAY 1944
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwvJLZyVMk0

D-Day: Free French Commando Kieffer captured Ouistreham :
https://ok.ru/video/685573540453

"Is Paris Burning?" ending scene + "Echoes of France" by Django Reinhardt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1H3zPZBl0Q

1945 French Army defend Strasbourg against German offensive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca3TZQIS0bo

WW2 - French-American liberation of Alsace, January 1945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeUaHaYAB70

WW2 - French invasion of Germany and Austria in 1945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwqxavujqMo

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