To lose a battle : France 1940 /
Horne, Alistair,
To lose a battle : France 1940 / France 1940 by Alistair Horne. - First edition. - xxiv, 647 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-606) and index.
Grandeur and misery of victory (1919-1930) -- Thank God for the French army -- Fortune changes sides -- Palinurus nods -- Queer kind of war -- Gamelin -- The sickle and the reaper -- Towards the brink -- The Crocus blossoms -- Through the Ardennes: May 11th -- On the Meuse: May 12th -- The crossing: May 13th -- Consolidating the bridgeheads: May 14th -- The breakout: May 15th -- "We have lost the battle!": May 16th -- The Panzers halt: May 17th -- The dash to the sea: May 18th-20th -- Encirclement: May 21st-23rd -- The end in the North: May 24th-June 4th -- One last battle: June 5th-22nd -- Aftermath.
Third volume in a trilogy; the first of which is The fall of Paris; the siege and the Commune, 1870-71; and the second of which is The price of glory; Verdun 1916.
69015069
(AMICUS)000001920717
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945--France.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--France.
Weltkrieg
France--History--1914-1940.
France--History, Military--20th century.
France--Histoire--1914-1940.
France--Histoire militaire--20e si�ecle.
France.
Frankreich
History.
Military history.
D761 / .H69
To lose a battle : France 1940 / France 1940 by Alistair Horne. - First edition. - xxiv, 647 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-606) and index.
Grandeur and misery of victory (1919-1930) -- Thank God for the French army -- Fortune changes sides -- Palinurus nods -- Queer kind of war -- Gamelin -- The sickle and the reaper -- Towards the brink -- The Crocus blossoms -- Through the Ardennes: May 11th -- On the Meuse: May 12th -- The crossing: May 13th -- Consolidating the bridgeheads: May 14th -- The breakout: May 15th -- "We have lost the battle!": May 16th -- The Panzers halt: May 17th -- The dash to the sea: May 18th-20th -- Encirclement: May 21st-23rd -- The end in the North: May 24th-June 4th -- One last battle: June 5th-22nd -- Aftermath.
Third volume in a trilogy; the first of which is The fall of Paris; the siege and the Commune, 1870-71; and the second of which is The price of glory; Verdun 1916.
69015069
(AMICUS)000001920717
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945--France.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--France.
Weltkrieg
France--History--1914-1940.
France--History, Military--20th century.
France--Histoire--1914-1940.
France--Histoire militaire--20e si�ecle.
France.
Frankreich
History.
Military history.
D761 / .H69