The Resource The fall of France : the Nazi invasion of 1940, Julian Jackson
The fall of France : the Nazi invasion of 1940, Julian Jackson
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- Summary
- "Using eyewitness accounts, memoirs, and diaries, Julian Jackson recreates, in detail, the intense atmosphere and dramatic events of these six weeks in 1940, unravelling the historical evidence to produce a fresh answer to the perennial question of whether the defeat of France was inevitable."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 274 pages
- Contents
-
- 1. 'We Are Beaten'
- 16 May 1940: Churchill in Paris
- The Mysterious General Gamelin
- 'Ready for War': Tanks and Guns
- The Air Force
- French Military Doctrine: 'Retired on Mount Sinai'?
- Fighting in Belgium: The Dyle Plan
- The Matador's Cloak
- The Allied Order of Battle
- 10-15 May: Into Belgium
- 10-12 May: Through the Ardennes
- 13 May: The Germans Cross the Meuse
- 14-15: The Counter-attack Fails: The Tragic Fate of the Three DCRs
- 17-18 May: The Tortoise Head
- 19-20 May: 'Without Wishing to Intervene ... ': The End of Gamelin
- 2. Uneasy Allies
- 21 May 1940: Weygand in Ypres
- Looking for Allies: 1920-1938
- Elusive Albion: Britain and France 1919-1939
- The Alliance That Never Was
- Gamelin's Disappointments: Poland, Belgium, Britain
- Britain and France in the Phoney War
- 10-22 May: 'Allied to so Temperamental a Race'
- 22-25 May: The 'Weygand Plan'
- The Belgian Capitulation
- 26 May-4 June: Operation Dynamo
- After Dunkirk: 'In Mourning For Us'
- 3. The Politics of Defeat
- 12 June 1940: Paul Reynaud at Cange (Loire)
- The French Civil War
- 'Rather Hitler than Blum?
- April 1938-September 1939: The Daladier Government
- Daladier at War
- Reynaud v. Daladier
- Reynaud at War
- 25-28 May: Weygand's Proposal
- 29 May-9 June: Reynaud's Alternative
- 12-16 June: Reynaud v. Weygand
- 16 June: Reynaud's Resignation
- 4. The French People at War
- 17 June 1940: Georges Friedmann in Niort
- Remembering 1914
- A Pacifist Nation
- Going to War: 'Something between Resolution and Resignation'
- Phoney War Blues
- Why Are We Fighting?
- The French Army in 1940
- Soldiers at War I: 'Confident and Full of Hope'
- Soldiers at War II: 'The Germans Are at Bulson' (13 May)
- Soldiers at War III: The 'Molecular Disintegration' of the 71DI
- The Exodus
- Soldiers at War IV: 'Sans esprit de recul' (5-10 June)
- 5. Causes and Counterfactuals
- July 1940: Marc Bloch in Gueret
- Historians and the Defeat
- Counterfactuals I: 1914
- Counterfactuals II: Britain's Finest Hour
- The Other Side of the Hill: Germany
- Explaining Defeat: 'Moving in a Kind of Fog'
- Army and Society
- 6. Consequences
- June 1940: Francois Mitterrand at Verdun: 'No Need to Say More'
- Vichy: The Lessons of Defeat
- 'Fulcrum of the Twentieth Century'
- Gaullism and 1940
- National Renewal after 1945
- 1940 and Colonial Nostalgia
- 1940 Today
- Isbn
- 9780192805508
- Label
- The fall of France : the Nazi invasion of 1940
- Title
- The fall of France
- Title remainder
- the Nazi invasion of 1940
- Statement of responsibility
- Julian Jackson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Using eyewitness accounts, memoirs, and diaries, Julian Jackson recreates, in detail, the intense atmosphere and dramatic events of these six weeks in 1940, unravelling the historical evidence to produce a fresh answer to the perennial question of whether the defeat of France was inevitable."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jackson, Julian
- Dewey number
- 940.54/214
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D755.2
- LC item number
- .J23 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Making of the modern world
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- World War
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military campaigns
- France
- Invasies
- Tweede Wereldoorlog
- Besetzung
- Weltkrieg
- Frankreich
- Invasion
- Deutschland
- Label
- The fall of France : the Nazi invasion of 1940, Julian Jackson
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. 'We Are Beaten' -- 16 May 1940: Churchill in Paris -- The Mysterious General Gamelin -- 'Ready for War': Tanks and Guns -- The Air Force -- French Military Doctrine: 'Retired on Mount Sinai'? -- Fighting in Belgium: The Dyle Plan -- The Matador's Cloak -- The Allied Order of Battle -- 10-15 May: Into Belgium -- 10-12 May: Through the Ardennes -- 13 May: The Germans Cross the Meuse -- 14-15: The Counter-attack Fails: The Tragic Fate of the Three DCRs -- 17-18 May: The Tortoise Head -- 19-20 May: 'Without Wishing to Intervene ... ': The End of Gamelin -- 2. Uneasy Allies -- 21 May 1940: Weygand in Ypres -- Looking for Allies: 1920-1938 -- Elusive Albion: Britain and France 1919-1939 -- The Alliance That Never Was -- Gamelin's Disappointments: Poland, Belgium, Britain -- Britain and France in the Phoney War -- 10-22 May: 'Allied to so Temperamental a Race' -- 22-25 May: The 'Weygand Plan' -- The Belgian Capitulation -- 26 May-4 June: Operation Dynamo -- After Dunkirk: 'In Mourning For Us' -- 3. The Politics of Defeat -- 12 June 1940: Paul Reynaud at Cange (Loire) -- The French Civil War -- 'Rather Hitler than Blum? -- April 1938-September 1939: The Daladier Government -- Daladier at War -- Reynaud v. Daladier -- Reynaud at War -- 25-28 May: Weygand's Proposal -- 29 May-9 June: Reynaud's Alternative -- 12-16 June: Reynaud v. Weygand -- 16 June: Reynaud's Resignation -- 4. The French People at War -- 17 June 1940: Georges Friedmann in Niort -- Remembering 1914 -- A Pacifist Nation -- Going to War: 'Something between Resolution and Resignation' -- Phoney War Blues -- Why Are We Fighting? -- The French Army in 1940 -- Soldiers at War I: 'Confident and Full of Hope' -- Soldiers at War II: 'The Germans Are at Bulson' (13 May) -- Soldiers at War III: The 'Molecular Disintegration' of the 71DI -- The Exodus -- Soldiers at War IV: 'Sans esprit de recul' (5-10 June) -- 5. Causes and Counterfactuals -- July 1940: Marc Bloch in Gueret -- Historians and the Defeat -- Counterfactuals I: 1914 -- Counterfactuals II: Britain's Finest Hour -- The Other Side of the Hill: Germany -- Explaining Defeat: 'Moving in a Kind of Fog' -- Army and Society -- 6. Consequences -- June 1940: Francois Mitterrand at Verdun: 'No Need to Say More' -- Vichy: The Lessons of Defeat -- 'Fulcrum of the Twentieth Century' -- Gaullism and 1940 -- National Renewal after 1945 -- 1940 and Colonial Nostalgia -- 1940 Today
- Control code
- ocm51983380
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9780192805508
- Lccn
- 2002044697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9780192803009
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o51983380
- (OCoLC)51983380
- Label
- The fall of France : the Nazi invasion of 1940, Julian Jackson
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. 'We Are Beaten' -- 16 May 1940: Churchill in Paris -- The Mysterious General Gamelin -- 'Ready for War': Tanks and Guns -- The Air Force -- French Military Doctrine: 'Retired on Mount Sinai'? -- Fighting in Belgium: The Dyle Plan -- The Matador's Cloak -- The Allied Order of Battle -- 10-15 May: Into Belgium -- 10-12 May: Through the Ardennes -- 13 May: The Germans Cross the Meuse -- 14-15: The Counter-attack Fails: The Tragic Fate of the Three DCRs -- 17-18 May: The Tortoise Head -- 19-20 May: 'Without Wishing to Intervene ... ': The End of Gamelin -- 2. Uneasy Allies -- 21 May 1940: Weygand in Ypres -- Looking for Allies: 1920-1938 -- Elusive Albion: Britain and France 1919-1939 -- The Alliance That Never Was -- Gamelin's Disappointments: Poland, Belgium, Britain -- Britain and France in the Phoney War -- 10-22 May: 'Allied to so Temperamental a Race' -- 22-25 May: The 'Weygand Plan' -- The Belgian Capitulation -- 26 May-4 June: Operation Dynamo -- After Dunkirk: 'In Mourning For Us' -- 3. The Politics of Defeat -- 12 June 1940: Paul Reynaud at Cange (Loire) -- The French Civil War -- 'Rather Hitler than Blum? -- April 1938-September 1939: The Daladier Government -- Daladier at War -- Reynaud v. Daladier -- Reynaud at War -- 25-28 May: Weygand's Proposal -- 29 May-9 June: Reynaud's Alternative -- 12-16 June: Reynaud v. Weygand -- 16 June: Reynaud's Resignation -- 4. The French People at War -- 17 June 1940: Georges Friedmann in Niort -- Remembering 1914 -- A Pacifist Nation -- Going to War: 'Something between Resolution and Resignation' -- Phoney War Blues -- Why Are We Fighting? -- The French Army in 1940 -- Soldiers at War I: 'Confident and Full of Hope' -- Soldiers at War II: 'The Germans Are at Bulson' (13 May) -- Soldiers at War III: The 'Molecular Disintegration' of the 71DI -- The Exodus -- Soldiers at War IV: 'Sans esprit de recul' (5-10 June) -- 5. Causes and Counterfactuals -- July 1940: Marc Bloch in Gueret -- Historians and the Defeat -- Counterfactuals I: 1914 -- Counterfactuals II: Britain's Finest Hour -- The Other Side of the Hill: Germany -- Explaining Defeat: 'Moving in a Kind of Fog' -- Army and Society -- 6. Consequences -- June 1940: Francois Mitterrand at Verdun: 'No Need to Say More' -- Vichy: The Lessons of Defeat -- 'Fulcrum of the Twentieth Century' -- Gaullism and 1940 -- National Renewal after 1945 -- 1940 and Colonial Nostalgia -- 1940 Today
- Control code
- ocm51983380
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvii, 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9780192805508
- Lccn
- 2002044697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780192803009
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o51983380
- (OCoLC)51983380
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