Contents

Introduction
Against All Odds

Chapter 1
Misreading Hitler

While the Allies sought to avoid another bloody world war, the Nazis sent troops into Austria.

Chapter 2
Outmaneuvered and Outflanked

An attack by the Germans through the Ardennes Forest caught the French and British by surprise.

Chapter 3
Trapped Against the Sea

Hitler’s troops advanced rapidly, forcing the Allies into a difficult retreat.

Chapter 4
The Miracle of Dunkirk

While the Luftwaffe bombarded the beaches, more than 300,000 Allied troops escaped across the English Channel.

Chapter 5
The Fight that Followed

With France defeated and some 80,000 Allied troops in Nazi captivity, the British battled on alone.

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ON THEIR WAY British troops waved to family and friends as they headed off to France in May 1940.