Podcast on French law and politics hosted by Patrick and Liam.
","icon":"https://media-cdn.royalpalacepod.com/royal-palace-pod-dot-com/production/images/channel-5674011ca2a6e59c78322f107eb8d492.png","favicon":"https://media-cdn.royalpalacepod.com/royal-palace-pod-dot-com/production/images/favicon-97c88a298188b46336c030d6bcb8b654.png","authors":[{"name":"Royal Palace Media LLC"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"LqkHtKrQJA1","title":"10. Fall of France (Part 3)","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/media-cdn.royalpalacepod.com/royal-palace-pod-dot-com/production/media/audio-313e2bb27bd4f8128c5d23398f51519a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":43479300,"duration_in_seconds":2196}],"url":"https://royalpalacepod.com/i/10-fall-of-france-part-3-LqkHtKrQJA1/","content_html":"As war breaks out across the continent, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium fall in quick succession, while France—once confident—stumbles due to its military's outdated doctrine, strategic blunders, and insufficient materiel and communications equipment. The victorious left of the late 1930s disintegrates after the Soviet Union orders the French Communist Party (PCF) to oppose the war, following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Hitler and Stalin.
As the war rages on, some on the right grow eager to surrender, realizing their beliefs were not so different from Hitler's. Meanwhile, Churchill, despite failing to sufficiently support the French war effort, urges the French to resort to urban warfare—a strategy that would likely reduce Paris to rubble. As the government flees Paris, moving southward to Orléans, then Tours, and eventually Bordeaux, the newly appointed right-wing Prime Minister, Marshal Philippe Pétain, announces to the French people that an agreement has been reached with Nazi Germany.
This marks the beginning of what would become known as Vichy France—a collaborationist, authoritarian regime. In October 1940, Vichy France codifies anti-Semitism into law, under the so-called \"Decree-law on the status of Jews\". Stay tuned for our eventual series on Vichy France.
We would like to thank Sam for joining us these past few episodes and encourage you to check out his Substack: Political Risk Dispatches (turnbaugh.substack.com).
If you like the show, please share it with your friends and collegues!
","content_text":"As war breaks out across the continent, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium\nfall in quick succession, while France—once confident—stumbles due to its\nmilitary's outdated doctrine, strategic blunders, and insufficient materiel and\ncommunications equipment. The victorious left of the late 1930s disintegrates\nafter the Soviet Union orders the French Communist Party (PCF) to oppose the\nwar, following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Hitler and Stalin.\n\n\n\n\nAs the war rages on, some on the right grow eager to surrender, realizing their\nbeliefs were not so different from Hitler's. Meanwhile, Churchill, despite\nfailing to sufficiently support the French war effort, urges the French to\nresort to urban warfare—a strategy that would likely reduce Paris to rubble. As\nthe government flees Paris, moving southward to Orléans, then Tours, and\neventually Bordeaux, the newly appointed right-wing Prime Minister, Marshal\nPhilippe Pétain, announces to the French people that an agreement has been\nreached with Nazi Germany.\n\nThis marks the beginning of what would become known as Vichy France—a\ncollaborationist, authoritarian regime. In October 1940, Vichy France codifies\nanti-Semitism into law, under the so-called \"Decree-law on the status of Jews\".\nStay tuned for our eventual series on Vichy France.\n\n\n\n\nWe would like to thank Sam for joining us these past few episodes and encourage\nyou to check out his Substack: Political Risk Dispatches\n(turnbaugh.substack.com).\n\n\n\n\nIf you like the show, please share it with your friends and collegues!","date_published":"2024-11-19T18:54:05.905Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/i/10-fall-of-france-part-3-LqkHtKrQJA1/","json_url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/i/LqkHtKrQJA1/json/","rss_url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/i/LqkHtKrQJA1/rss/","guid":"LqkHtKrQJA1","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:36:36","itunes:title":"Fall of France (Part 3)","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:episode":10,"date_published_short":"Tue Nov 19 2024","date_published_ms":1732042445905}}],"_microfeed":{"microfeed_version":"0.1.5","base_url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev","categories":[{"name":"Government"},{"name":"News","categories":[{"name":"Politics"}]}],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/rss/","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"drq_EefN4tR"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/json/","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"yeKuVP5L49n"},{"name":"Apple Podcasts","type":"apple podcasts","url":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/royal-palace-podcast/id1755265474","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/apple.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"DudZMmJ6n4W"},{"name":"Spotify","type":"spotify","url":"https://open.spotify.com/show/4QdTNrUosXqtTPCpMc1tvG","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/spotify.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"QifIt8vMryw"},{"name":"Pocket Casts","type":"pocket casts","url":"https://pca.st/61kp7xt4","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/pocketcasts.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"qtBMsj6RWu-"},{"name":"Listen Notes","type":"listen notes","url":"https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/royal-palace-podcast-royal-palace-media-llc-_aMtCRDnQUN/","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/listennotes.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"Z9Z5ZcrBj6x"},{"name":"Castro","type":"castro","url":"https://castro.fm/podcast/8001764a-7139-4959-9647-9876f2b8efdc","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/castro.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"O223CnBCOjt"}],"description_text":"Podcast on French law and politics hosted by Patrick and Liam.","itunes:title":"Royal Palace Podcast","copyright":"©2025 Royal Palace Media LLC","itunes:type":"episodic","itunes:email":"rss@royalpalacepod.com","items_sort_order":"newest_first"}}