To lose a battle : France 1940 /
Horne, Alistair
To lose a battle : France 1940 / By Alistair Horne. - 1st ed. - Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown & Company, 1969. - xxiv, 647 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. - 9(44)"1914-1940" (NLA) .
Includes index
Cont.: 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!": Ma6 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.
World War, 1939-1945--France
France--History, Military--20th century
9(44)"1914-1940" (NLA)
To lose a battle : France 1940 / By Alistair Horne. - 1st ed. - Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown & Company, 1969. - xxiv, 647 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. - 9(44)"1914-1940" (NLA) .
Includes index
Cont.: 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!": Ma6 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.
World War, 1939-1945--France
France--History, Military--20th century
9(44)"1914-1940" (NLA)