Название: The Battle of France: Six Weeks That Changed the World
Автор: Philip Warner
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 081170999X
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB, MOBI, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 275
Размер: 9,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

After the long winter of the Phoney War the invasion of the Low Countries and France by Hitler's rampaging armies threw the World into crisis. Chamberlain's Government fell, Churchill became Prime Minister. France was humiliated, the British Expeditionary Force was only saved by the miracle of Dunkirk but many men and huge amounts of equipment were lost to the Blitzkrieg. England trembled but the invasion never came.Philip Warner graphically recounts the momentous events of that terrible period thanks to his painstaking research and skilful writing. He demonstrates how the under trained and ill-equipped British forces gallantly but futilely resisted the German land and air onslaught. He emphasises the understated contribution of the French.