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Arming Against Hitler: France and the Limits of Military Planning
Eugenia C. Kiesling
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paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
In May-June 1940 the Germans demolished the French Army, inflicting more than 300,000 French casualties, including more than 120,000 dead. While many historians have focused on France's failure to avoid this catastrophe, Kiesling is the first to show why the French had good reason to trust that their prewar defense policies, military doctrine, and combat forces would preserve the nation.
Kiesling argues that France's devastating defeat was a consequence neither of blindness to the German military threat nor of paralysis in the face of it. Grimly aware of the need to prepare for another war with its arch enemy, ... Read more
In May-June 1940 the Germans demolished the French Army, inflicting more than 300,000 French casualties, including more than 120,000 dead. While many historians have focused on France's failure to avoid this catastrophe, Kiesling is the first to show why the French had good reason to trust that their prewar defense policies, military doctrine, and combat forces would preserve the nation.
Kiesling argues that France's devastating defeat was a consequence neither of blindness to the German military threat nor of paralysis in the face of it. Grimly aware of the need to prepare for another war with its arch enemy, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611096
SKU
V9780700611096
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