In confronting the Germans, the United Kingdom and Australasia had become serious.
In a new Allied Nations conference, Britain, France, and Australia discussed a new battle plan, which was to restrain the German army through Orleans, while Britain and France took the opportunity to deploy a new defensive line along Tours and sought to block the German army north of the Loire River.
Such a decision was quite risky because the Loire River runs through more than half of France, dividing the country into northern and southern parts.
Establishing a defensive position relying on the Loire River meant completely abandoning the vast territories north of the river.
These territories included Brittany, Normandy, Paris, and Calais; abandoning these territories obviously required great resolve.
However, on the other hand, if a more robust defensive line could be established along the Loire River, France would at least not face the crisis of annihilation.
