THREE GERMAN INVASIONS OF FRANCE
Written by Douglas Fermer
Published by Pen & Sword Military
in 2013
ISBN: 9781781593547
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- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- WORLD WAR I
- WORLD WAR II
THREE GERMAN INVASIONS OF FRANCE
Written by Douglas Fermer.
Stock no. 1322541
1st.
2013.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Summer Campaigns of 1870, 1914 and 1940. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 273 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781781593547. Corners slightly bumped.
Front cover
Contents
- List or Maps
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- The Background
- 1. The Era of French Ascendancy
- 2. Part I
- 1870: The Debacle
- 2. The German Challenge
- 3. The Army of Napoleon III
- 4. Defeats at the Frontier
- 5. The Anvil of Metz
- 6. Sedan and the Fall of the Empire
- 7. Siege and Surrender
- Part II
- 1914: The Ghosts of August
- 8. In the Shadow of the Reich
- 9. The Army of the Republic
- 10. The Chain Reaction
- 11. Slaughter on the Frontiers
- 12. The Price of Miracles
- Part III
- 1940: The Collapse
- 13. In Search of Security
- 14. Facing Hitler
- 15. A Peculiar Sort of War
- 16. Breakthrough on the Meuse
- 17. French Exodus and British Exit
- 18. 'Combat must cease'
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index