Read this excerpt from Winston Churchill's their finest hour speech:

I spoke the other day of a Colossal military disaster which occurred win 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 in tailed the loss of 15 or 16 French divisions and throughout of action for the critical. The whole of the British expeditionary force.

Which statement is the most reasonable inference about one one of the underlying meaning of this excerpt?

A. The French high command delayed pulling out its troops

B. The French high commands action led to the loss of soldiers

C. The French high command is partly to blame for all the fall of France

D. The French high command was her Roeck in the attempt to save France

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Zander

17 October, 10:57

Read this excerpt from Winston Churchill's their finest hour speech:

I spoke the other day of a Colossal military disaster which occurred win 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 in tailed the loss of 15 or 16 French divisions and throughout of action for the critical. The whole of the British expeditionary force.

Which statement is the most reasonable inference about one one of the underlying meaning of this excerpt?

A. The French high command delayed pulling out its troops

B. The French high commands action led to the loss of soldiers

C. The French high command is partly to blame for all the fall of France

D. The French high command was her Roeck in the attempt to save France

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Steve Cherry · Answer 1

The correct answer is C) The French high command is partly to blame for all the fall of France."

The statement that is the most reasonable inference about one of the underlying meaning of this excerpt is "The French high command is partly to blame for all the fall of France."

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a definitive figure for the Allied leadership during World War II. He delivered the speech "The Finest Hour" on June 18, 1940, in the British Parliament, 30 days after he became the leader of England. After France had fallen to German troop's hands, Churchill and the imminent threat of invasion by the Nazis to the island of Britain, Churchill decided to deliver this speech to uplift the morale of the British.