France 1940

The German defeat of France and the Low Countries in May and June 1940 was one of the most stunning victories in the history of warfare and at the time, it gave Nazi Germany such an aura of invincibility, that it took 4 full years to the western allies, to challenge the Atlantik Wall and try to regain France. This book focus in the somehow erratic, at the start, but very innovative and bold German plan, contrasting with the WW1 in French/Brits brains, defense planning. Then comes the action, especially, with von Rundstedt Army Group Center, and the panzer force, as the main focus. This book give us a big picture of the battle, if you like more in depth analysis, the Fort Eben Emael assault, e.g., you need other books. It's a great book to show us how the Germans made the most of weapons, which, although they already existed (tanks and warplanes), were misused by the rest of the world. This book, as usual with the Campaign series, analyse commanders, the planing, equipments and the armies, before and during the battle and it tells the story from both sides, attacker and defender. Full color 3-D ‘bird’s-eye-views’, battle scenes, soldiers or equipment drawings and maps as well as black and white photographs that support's the text.