Description
Product ID: | 9781472824462 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Case Red |
Subtitle: | The Collapse of France |
Authors: | Author: Robert Forczyk |
Page Count: | 480 |
Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Second World War, Battles and campaigns, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Battles & campaigns, France, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Case Red tells the often overlooked story of the fall of Metropolitan France from the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk through to the eventual collapse and armistice in June 1940. It will appeal to any enthusiast of World War II, particularly those interested in the Blitzkrieg. In Case Red, Robert Forczyk shows that there was much more to the fall of France than Dunkirk. In fact, even after that legendary evacuation in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then engaging a tough defense along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest, and St. Nazaire. While France was in its death throes, politicians and soldiers debated what to do--flee to England or North Africa, or seek an armistice. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-01-24 |