{"product_id":"9780141030654-to-lose-a-battle","title":"To Lose a Battle","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrance 1940\u003cbr\u003eIn 1940 Hitler sent his troops to execute the Fall of France. A six-week battle with lightning 'blitzkrieg' warfare and combined operations techniques, the offensive ended the Phony War and sent the French forces reeling as their government fled from occupied Paris. This book tells the story of the crises of the rivalry between France and Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Lose a Battle: France 1940\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the final book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Paris \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 1940 Hitler sent his troops to execute the Fall of France. A six-week battle with lightning 'blitzkrieg' warfare and combined operations techniques, the offensive ended the Phony War and sent the French forces reeling as their government fled from occupied Paris. For the Axis, it was a dramatic victory. But how was this spectacular result possible?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In \u003ci\u003eTo Lose a Battle\u003c\/i\u003e Alistair Horne tells the day-by-day, moment-by-moment story of the battle, sifted from the vast Nazi archives and the fragmentary records of the beaten Allies. Using eye-witness accounts of battle operations and personal memoirs of leading figures on both sides, this book steps far beyond the confines of military accounts to form a major contribution to our understanding of this important period in European history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Alistair Horne really brings home the pathos and human folly of war, and he writes brilliantly'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Horne follows his line unfalteringly. All the details are there: the small, fleeting triumphs, the greater disasters, the bravery, the cowardice, the stupidity and the intelligence . that make war so fascinating and so terrible'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Horne completes his masterly trilogy . the definitive account of one of the most efficient and astonishing campaigns of all time'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  One of Britain's greatest historians, \u003cb\u003eSir Alistair Horne, CBE\u003c\/b\u003e, is the author of a trilogy on the rivalry between France and Germany, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Glory, The Fall of Paris \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTo Lose a Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a two-volume life of Harold Macmillan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56732090335606,"sku":"9780141030654","price":17.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32334517.jpg?v=1764053204","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141030654-to-lose-a-battle","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}