Chapter 162
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January 9, 1941
Champagne, Northern France, Reims – Belgium Expeditionary Force Headquarters
General Alphonse Georges, Commander-in-Chief of the Belgium Expeditionary Force, was receiving a report from Gaston Billotte, Commander of the 1st Army Group, with a heart full of despair.
“Your Excellency.
The 200,000 men of the 2nd and 7th Armies are isolated at Kortrijk, and the 300,000 men of the 1st Army are isolated on the coast near Nieuwpoort.”
Georges was at a loss for words.
Although he had been passive during the last Belgian offensive demanded by Weygand, this time, he too had considered it a golden opportunity and launched an offensive with all his forces.
He had never even imagined a situation like this.