num_pages: 608
description: 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.
language: English
title: Strange Victory: Hitler's Conquest of France
titlecomplete: Strange Victory: Hitler's Conquest of France
genres: France, War, European History, Nonfiction, World History, Military History, Germany, Military Fiction, History, World War II
ratings_count: 184
publisher: Hill and Wang