The purpose of this title is to present a visual account of the very swift and dramatic fall of France in May 1940, providing a graphic record of the destruction wrought by Hitler’s successful Blitzkrieg through both the Low Countries and France.
To that end over 180 contemporary photographs have been carefully selected to illustrate how France fell in the space of just 6 weeks. While the main focus of the images is the tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles of both sides, the much wider aspects of the war are also covered, and this is reflected in the accompanying text.
The photos contained in this book have been drawn from the author’s extensive military history picture library built up over the last three decades. He hopes the reader enjoys the following selection, which is designed to offer some insight into one of the highly decisive opening campaigns of the Second World War.