Share This Article 1. The historian Marc Bloch blamed this group specifically for France’s defeat in 1940. The French High Command The Socialists The Communists The British 2. This was the worst defeat inflicted on a European power by native Africans. The Battle of Isandlwana The Battle of the Blood River The Battle of Adwa The Battle of Omdurman 3. World War One fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker had a lifelong fear of this. Enclosed spaces Heights Open spaces Water Loading …