Read this excerpt from Winston Churchill's "Their Finest Hour" speech:

I spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when the French High Command failed to withdraw the northern Armies from Belgium at the moment when they knew that the French front was decisively broken at Sedan and on the Meuse. This delay entailed the loss of fifteen or sixteen French divisions and threw out of action for the critical period the whole of the British Expeditionary Force.

A. The French High Command delayed pulling out its troops.

B. The French High Command's actions led to the loss of soldiers.

C. The French High Command is partly to blame for the fall of France.

D. The French High Command was heroic in the attempt to save France.

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14 June, 14:08

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Johnny Collier · Answer 1

I think its B. The French High Command's actions led to the loss of soldiers.