01360nam a22002417a 4500 20211102120225.0 211102b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0809088541 AL eng 23 940.54214 MAYS Ernest R May 9476 Strange Victory Hitlers Conquest of France New York Hill and Wang 2000 viii,598 p. PB 21x14 cm. $15.00 $ $15.00 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. France 9477 History 9478 German occupation 9479 MAY (Ernest R) 9480 ddc GF 220333 220333 0 0 ddc 0 0 HIS AL AL 2013-03-23 0 940.54214 MAYS GF03479 2021-11-02 00:00:00 2021-11-02 GF