Strange Victory: Hitler's Conquest of France

Strange Victory: Hitler's Conquest of France by May, Prof. Ernest R.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780809088546.

Strange Victory is a riveting book about France and Germany in the years leading up to World War II. Why did Hitler turn against France in the Spring of 1940 and not before? And why were his poor judgement and inadequate intelligence about the Allies nonetheless correct? Why didnt France take the offensive earlier, when it might have led to victory? What explains Frances failure to detect and respond to Germanys attack plan? Skillfully weaving together decisions of the high commands with the confused responses from exhausted and ill-informed, or ill-advised, officers in the field, the distinguished diplomatic historian Ernest R. May offers many new insights into the tragic paradoxes of the battle for France.