Can I read To lose a battle : France 1940 on EtoBox?

To lose a battle : France 1940 by Horne, Alistair is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is To lose a battle : France 1940 about?

To Lose a Battle: France 1940 is the final book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and The Price of Glory and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany. In 1940 Hitler sent his troops to execute the Fall of France. A six-week battle with lightning 'blitzkrieg' warfare and combined operations techniques, the offensive ended the Phony War and sent the French forces reeling as their government fled from occupied Paris. For the Axis, it was a dramatic victory. But how was this spectacular result possible? In To Lose a Battle Alistair Horne tells the day-by-day, moment-by-moment story of the battle, sifted from the vast Nazi archives and the fragmentary records of the beaten Allies. Using eye-witness accounts of battle operations and personal memoirs of leading figures on both sides, this book steps far beyond the confines of military accounts to form a major contribution to our understanding of this important period in European history. 'Alistair Horne really brings home the pathos and human folly of war, and he writes brilliantly.' The Times 'Horne follows his line unfalteringly. All the details are there: the small, fleet

Who reads To lose a battle : France 1940?

Author

Horne, Alistair

Publisher

Middx Penguin Books

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140134308

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

History, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.19 / 5 (502 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14