00:00As Europe moved toward war again, de Brinon convinced himself that France was too divided
00:06and too poorly prepared to win. He argued that communism posed the greatest danger,
00:12greater even than Hitler and Nazi Germany. His role of traitor began even before the start of
00:19the Second World War. During the Munich conference in September 1938, de Brinon sent information
00:25about the discussions of the French cabinet to the German government. When Germany started the
00:31Second World War by invading Poland on the 1st of September 1939, and France declared war on
00:38Germany a few days later, he still believed that negotiation might bring peace. To him,
00:45fighting Germany was a tragic mistake that would only weaken France further.
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