Case Red
The Collapse of France
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Case Red
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Christopher Ragland
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Christopher Ragland
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Robert Forczyk
Case Red tells the often overlooked story of the fall of Metropolitan France from the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk through to the eventual collapse and armistice in June 1940.
Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then conducting a tough defence along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest and St Nazaire. While France was in its death throes, politicians and soldiers debated what to do – flee to England or North Africa, or seek an armistice.
Case Red captures the drama of the final three weeks of military operations in France in June 1940, and explains the great impact it had on the course of relations between Britain and France during the remainder of the Second World War. It also addresses the military, political and human drama of France’s collapse in June 1940, and how the windfall of captured military equipment, fuel and industrial resources enhanced the Third Reich’s ability to attack its next foe – the Soviet Union.©2023 Robert Forczyk (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Critic reviews
The book constitutes an excellent summary of the conflict in the West from September 1939 to May 1940, the best for a long time.
This is a gem of a book on a relatively little-known element of the fighting in 1940.
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