Armoured Warfare and the Fall of France 1940

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Anthony Tucker-Jones

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At 21:00 on 9 May 1940 Codeword Danzig was issued alerting Adolf Hitler's airborne troops that they were about to spearhead an attack on Belgium and the Netherlands. The following day his blitzkrieg rolled forward striking the British Expeditionary Force and the French armies in Belgium and in northern France at Sedan. The desperate attempts of the allied armies to stem the Nazi tide proved futile and, once their reserves had been exhausted and the remaining forces cut off, Paris lay open. By early June, it was all over - trapped British, Belgian and French troops were forced to evacuate Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne and the defeated French army agreed to an armistice leaving the country divided in two. This dramatic story is shown in a sequence of over 150 historic photographs that Anthony Tucker-Jones he has selected for this memorable book. The images he has chosen cover every aspect of this extraordinary campaign, but his main focus is on the vital role played by the armoured fighting vehicles of both sides. The book is a graphic record of the destruction wrought by the Wehrmacht's lightning offensive through the Low Countries and France. AUTHOR: After a career in the intelligence community, Anthony Tucker-Jones became a freelance defence consultant and a prolific writer on intelligence, terrorism, armoured warfare and military affairs in general. His most recent books are 'Hitler's Great Panzer Heist', 'Falaise: The Flawed Victory', 'Stalin's Revenge: Operation Bagration and the Annihilation of Army Group Centre', 'Operation Dragoon: The Liberation of Southern France 1944', 'Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front', 'Armoured Warfare in the North African Campaign', 'Armoured Warfare in the Battle for Normandy', 'The Kalashnikov in Combat' and 'The Soviet-Afghan War'. 200 illustrations

Author Biography:

After a career in the intelligence community, Anthony Tucker-Jones became a freelance defence consultant and a prolific writer on intelligence, terrorism, armoured warfare and military affairs in general. His most recent books are Hitler's Great Panzer Heist, Falaise: The Flawed Victory, Stalin's Revenge: Operation Bagration and the Annihilation of Army Group Centre, Operation Dragoon: The Liberation of Southern France 1944, Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front, Armoured Warfare in the North African Campaign, Armoured Warfare in the Battle for Normandy, The Kalashnikov in Combat and The Soviet-Afghan War.

Release date NZ

June 1st, 2014

Author

Anthony Tucker-Jones

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

200 illustrations

Pages

160

Dimensions

189x245x10

ISBN-13

9781848846395

Product ID

21586275

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