Foreign News: Exonerated Corap

One year ago next month the Nazi Army on the Western Front broke through at Sedan, crossed the Meuse River, and started the drive that ended in the defeat of France. In command of the Ninth French Army, protecting the Meuse, was General Andre Georges Corap. Six days after the break-through Premier Paul Reynaud took to the air, told the French Senate of the Meuse disaster, which he blamed on "the total disorganization of the Corap Army." Said he: "As a result of unbelievable faults, which will be punished, bridges on the Meuse were...

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