France 1940Horne, Alistaircreatorauthor.textbibliographyHistory.Military history.mau1969First edition.monographiceng

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xxiv, 647 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmThird 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.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.by Alistair Horne.Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-606) and index.e-fr--- fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1900-1999 fast World War, 1939-1945FranceGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945FranceWeltkriegFranceHistory1914-1940FranceHistory, Military20th centuryFranceHistoire1914-1940FranceHistoire militaire20e si�ecleFranceFrankreichD761 .H69Horne, Alistair.Boston, Little, Brown [1969][1st ed.].(OCoLC)56354539669015069DLC69051920240430171848.0ocm00005258 eng