This was only a diversionary attack, as the primary assault by General Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group A was launched from the Ardennes forests, whereas General Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb's Army Group C secured the southern flank and pinned down some 30 French divisions. Then as Vichy delegate to the French North African colonies, Weygand alternately protested and collaborated with Nazi insurance policies. Through the early years of World War II, Nazi Germany's enemies feared the Luftw...