England's Last War Against France
Fighting Vichy 1940-42
$54.71
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2010
Summary
Most people think that England’s last war with France involved point-blank broadsides from sailing ships and breastplated Napoleonic cavalry charging red-coated British infantry. But there was a much more recent conflict than this. Under the terms of its armistice with Nazi Germany, the unoccupied part of France and its substantial colonies were ruled from the spa town of Vichy by the government of Marshal Philip Petain. Between July 1940 and November 1942, while Britain was at war with Germa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753827055 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753827050 |
| Author: | Colin Smith |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2010 |
| Weight: | 548g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 136mm x 36mm |
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“Smith’s considerable achievement is to unmask the reality and make us understand this painful period far better than ever before.”
His descriptions of these obscure battlefield encounters are thrilling and his narrative is spruce and peppery. - Daily Telegraph.
A narrative of war that has much of Patrick O’Brian about it… there are few who can, like Smith, bring to life these lesser-known battles and the unknown soldiers, sailors and airmen, most of them dead now, who faced death and won these wars for us then. - Carmen Calil, Guardian. Colin Smith, a veteran war correspondent, has built an impressive reputation as a military historian…a fascinating story - Sunday Times. Colin Smith’s light yet detailed touch superbly outlines a wasteful and depressing story… A quality read with many political and military twists and turns. - Soldier Magazine.About The Author
Colin Smith
Colin Smith is the acclaimed author of Singapore Burning and co-author of Alamein: War Without Hate.
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