Full name: Strange Victory: Hitler's Conquest of France

Author: Ernest R. May Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, War/Military, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780809088546 0809088541

Strange Victory is a riveting book about France and Germany in the years leading up to World War II. Why did Hitler turn against France in the Spring of 1940 and not before? And why were his poor judgement and inadequate intelligence about the Allies nonetheless correct? Why didn't France take the offensive earlier, when it might have led to victory? What explains France's failure to detect and respond to Germany's attack plan? Skillfully weaving together decisions of the high commands with the confused responses from exhausted and ill-informed, or ill-advised, officers in the field, the distinguished diplomatic historian Ernest R. May offers many new insights into the tragic paradoxes of the battle for France. Similar books: To Lose a Battle by Alistair Horne Fire and Fury by Randall Hansen The Fall of France by Julian Jackson The Struggle for Europe by Chester Wilmot A War To Be Won by Williamson Murray Hitler's Generals by Correlli Barnett Dresden by Frederick Taylor Hitler's Army by Omer Bartov Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll Strange Defeat by Marc Bloch Beyond Valor by Patrick K. O'Donnell Potsdam by Michael S. Neiberg Armageddon by Max Hastings Moral Combat by Michael Burleigh Endgame, 1945 by David Stafford 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose