The French gave you information about Allied panzer positions? Absolutely, yes. I know this for a fact. Remember, please, that the French were in two minds about the invasion at first: would it succeed, or would it fail? In the first days and weeks, it was by no means certain that the landings were a permanent lodgement, or that they would develop into a full invasion even if they were. Everyone remembered the peculiar attack on Dieppe, when the Canadians invaded but then left after a few hours. Was this going to be a repeat of that, but on a bigger scale? So, because of this uncertainty,
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