Dunkirk And The Fall Of France

, by Stewart, Geoffrey

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ISBN: 9781844158034 | 1844158039
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/19/2009

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Thought-provoking introduction to a decisive Second World War campaign

List of Maps	p. ix
List of Illustrations	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Background	p. 1
The Legacy of 1914-1918	p. 1
The Coming of the Second World War	p. 5
The Defeat of Poland and the Phoney War	p. 8
The Contending Armies and Their Weapons in 1940	p. 11
The German Attacker	p. 11
The Defenders - The French	p. 15
The Defenders - The British Field Force	p. 18
The Defenders - The Belgians and the Dutch	p. 19
Air Power	p. 20
Plans and Intelligence Gathering	p. 22
The Evolution of 'Sichelschenitt'	p. 22
French Planning - The Dyle Plan	p. 25
Campaign Chronicle	p. 27
10 May: The Assault on the Netherlands	p. 27
10 May: The Assault on Belgium	p. 29
10 May: The Assault on Luxembourg and the Passage Through the Ardennes	p. 32
11-12 May: The Battle for Rotterdam and the Netherlands	p. 33
11-12 May: The Matador's Cloak Continues to Attract the Bull	p. 34
11-12 May: The Passage Through the Ardennes to the Meuse	p. 36
13-15 May: The Fall of the Netherlands	p. 38
13-15 May: Battles in Central Belgium	p. 39
13-15 May: Crossing the Meuse and Breakout	p. 43
The Northern Spearpoint	p. 45
Reinhardt's Spearpoint	p. 49
The Crossing of the Meuse at Sedan and Breakout	p. 50
16-20 May: The Race to the Channel	p. 58
The German Advance	p. 61
The British Retreat	p. 68
21-23 May: 'The End is Not Very Far Off'	p. 72
The Allied High Command in Crisis	p. 72
The Arras Counter-Attack	p. 75
The French Counter-Attack of the 22nd	p. 79
The Panzers Swing North: The Battle for Boulogne	p. 79
The BEF Pulls Back from Arras and the Escaut	p. 86
24-26 May: The Beginning of a Miracle	p. 87
The Siege of Calais	p. 90
27-29 May: Retreat and Evacuation	p. 93
The Breakdown of Allied Cooperation	p. 93
Saving the BEF	p. 95
Defence of the Southern Flank	p. 98
The Evacuation Begins	p. 102
30 May-4 June: Deliverance	p. 106
Anglo-French Tensions	p. 106
Defending the Perimeter	p. 108
Escape	p. 110
The French Rearguard	p. 115
The Air War	p. 116
5-24 June: The Conquest of the Third Republic	p. 119
Politics and Strategy	p. 119
5-10 June: Breaking the Weygand Line	p. 122
Rommel	p. 122
Guderian	p. 124
11-14 June: The Briare Conference and the Fall of Paris	p. 125
15-24 June: Endgame and Armistice	p. 127
Aftermath	p. 131
Conclusions	p. 131
	p. 139
Biographical Notes	p. 139
Glossary of Terms	p. 143
Bibliography	p. 145
Index	p. 149
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Dunkirk And The Fall Of France

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