| 'Sink the French!': At War with an Ally, 1940 Contributor(s): Wragg, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1844155226 ISBN-13: 9781844155224 Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2007 Annotation: The victorious German Blitzkrieg assault on Holland, Belgium and Northern France placed Anglo-French relations under huge strain. The Vichy surrender raised real British fears that the Germans would force the French Fleet, the fourth largest in the world, to turn against their former ally, while in fact their orders were to scuttle in the event of the Germans attempting to seize them. At War With Our Ally examines the background to the fall of France and its consequences, most particularly the way the French Navy was dealt with. It studies the confused situation that the chaos of devastating defeat created including the rise of a relatively junior French general, Charles de Gaulle who was smuggled out of France by the RAF on the night of 16/17 June. Elsewhere French ships were boarded and seized by the British and at Oran, their Fleet was bombarded by the Royal Navy. There were numerous other incidents with French aircraft bombing Gibraltar. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Naval - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 940.545 |
| LCCN: 2007532287 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.38" W x 9.43" L (1.26 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
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| Publisher Description: The victorious German Blitzkrieg assault on Holland, Belgium and Northern France placed Anglo-French relations under huge strain. The Vichy surrender raised real British fears that the Germans would force the French Fleet, the fourth largest in the world, to turn against their former ally, while in fact their orders were to scuttle in the event of the Germans attempting to seize them. At War With Our Ally examines the background to the fall of France and its consequences, most particularly the way the French Navy was dealt with. It studies the confused situation that the chaos of devastating defeat created including the rise of a relatively junior French general, Charles de Gaulle who was smuggled out of France by the RAF on the night of 16/17 June. Elsewhere French ships were boarded and seized by the British and at Oran, their Fleet was bombarded by the Royal Navy. There were numerous other incidents with French aircraft bombing Gibraltar. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wragg, David: - David Wragg has published several highly praised books on railway history, and he produced a textbook for the old Chartered Institute of Transport. He has also written on railways for the Sunday Telegraph, The Spectator, The Scotsman, and the Yorkshire Post. His Wartime on the Railways was reviewed by Rail as 'very readable' and by Railways Illustrated as 'as a fascinating insight and also an important record', and Railways Illustrated chose his Southern Railway Handbook as 'Book of the Month'. One of his most recent publications is The Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles. He is also well known as a writer of military history and provide the British, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand material for On Seas Contested- The Seven Great Navies of the Second World War, published in 2010 by the Naval Institute Press in the United States and which won the Stonebooks award for "The Best Non-Fiction book on World War II" to have been published that year.' |
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