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To lose a battle: France 1940.
- Title
- To lose a battle: France 1940.
- Author
- Horne, Alistair.
- Publication
- London, Macmillan, 1969.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | D761 .H6 1969b | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxvii, 556 pages 16 plates, illustrations, 10 maps, portraits; 23 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Military history.
- Note
- Illus. on lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-606).
- Contents
- 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: May 10th -- 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.
- ISBN
- 0333057384
- 9780333057384
- LCCN
- 70413008
- OCLC
- ocm00025147
- 25147
- SCSB-9054827
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library