01273nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100080008008200240008810000170011224500480012926000340017730000310021136500220024252007260026465000120099065000120100265000220101470000190103620211102120225.0211102b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0809088541  cAL  aeng  223a940.54214bMAYS  aErnest R May  aStrange VictorybHitlers Conquest of France  aNew YorkbHill and Wangc2000  aviii,598 p.bPBc21x14 cm.  b$15.00c$d$15.00  aStrange 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.  aFrance   aHistory  aGerman occupation  aMAY (Ernest R)