In 1940, the German army fought and won an extraordinary battle with France in six weeks of lightning warfare. With the subtlety and compulsion of a novel, Horne's narrative shifts from minor battlefield incidents to high military and political decisions, stepping far beyond the confines of military
To Lose a Battle
โ Scribed by Horne, Alistair
- Book ID
- 108655905
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780141937724
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โฆ Synopsis
In 1940, the German army fought and won an extraordinary battle with France in six weeks of lightning warfare. With the subtlety and compulsion of a novel, Horne's narrative shifts from minor battlefield incidents to high military and political decisions, stepping far beyond the confines of military history to form a major contribution to our understanding of the crises of the Franco-German rivalry.
To Lose a Battle is the third part of the trilogy beginning with The Fall of Paris and continuing with The Price of Glory (already available in Penguin).
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