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| | The Battle of Sedan - All Empires |
 | | In the French General Staff and in the Officer Corps, he was revered for his "genius", although, at Sedan, he would prove completely the opposite, which sadly enough was a factor for the entire French General Staff. |
 | | Generalissimo Gamelin, Commander and Chief of the entire French Army, ordered Sedan to be defended at all costs, but, defiant of this, Huntziger left the east bank of the city to be left virtually undefended due to purely strategic reasons. |
 | | Gamelin finally received a report from Sedan, at 9:25 P.M. on May 13, where Huntziger alleged that only a "small slice has been bitten off south of Sedan," which was quite misleading since the Marfeé woods were as good as taken, and the 55th was no longer available for resistance. |
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