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.
Which statement is the most reasonable inference about one of the
underlying meanings of this excerpt?
A The French High Command was heroic in the attempt to save
France
O B. The French High Command delayed pulling out its troops.
O C. The French High Command is partly to blame for the fall of
France
O D. The French High Command's actions led to the loss of soldiers.

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