You got the idea, there would be no way in hell the judge would quickly surrender like the French in 1940 unless he was really under threat behind the scenes.
While this is a bit off topic I think we should have high standards of truth here on this forum and this is a common misconception. While it is true that the French greatly outnumbered the Germans and had more (and newer) tanks, planes, etc. and had the British/other Allie’s with them to help the German Military was absolutely no joke in 1940 and although it was vastly outclassed in terms of manpower, equipment, and age of equipment it’s General Staff greatly outclassed the allied commanders of 1940 (Guderian, for example) and thus defeat was almost pre-destined. The German Staff all knew they would lose any conventional fight and thus knew they had to act in a way the Allies couldn’t respond to with entire Divisions of mechanized forces with fluid command structure that allows them to move and react orders of magnitude faster than not only the Allies but even the own German command system.
The French and British were soundly beaten and allowed to walk away almost without a scratch (compared to the death tolls in battles later in the war) but it is false to claim that the French did not put up a fight. After they were encircled the French army still fought heroically in many engagements before their eventual surrender and left behind them many heroic deeds of noble warrior virtue in the face of total obliteration (when they were encircled).
You got the idea, there would be no way in hell the judge would quickly surrender like the French in 1940 unless he was really under threat behind the scenes.
While this is a bit off topic I think we should have high standards of truth here on this forum and this is a common misconception. While it is true that the French greatly outnumbered the Germans and had more (and newer) tanks, planes, etc. and had the British/other Allie’s with them to help the German Military was absolutely no joke in 1940 and although it was vastly outclassed in terms of manpower, equipment, and age of equipment it’s General Staff greatly outclassed the allied commanders of 1940 (Guderian, for example) and thus defeat was almost pre-destined. The German Staff all knew they would lose any conventional fight and thus knew they had to act in a way the Allies couldn’t respond to with entire Divisions of mechanized forces with fluid command structure that allows them to move and react orders of magnitude faster than not only the Allies but even the own German command system.
The French and British were soundly beaten and allowed to walk away almost without a scratch (compared to the death tolls in battles later in the war) but it is false to claim that the French did not put up a fight. After they were encircled the French army still fought heroically in many engagements before their eventual surrender and left behind them many heroic deeds of noble warrior virtue in the face of total obliteration (when they were encircled).