Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126623 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Good Book Guide
A work of superb balance and historical importance

Mail on Sunday
It has lost none of its freshness

Synopsis
In "Blitzkrieg", Len Deighton turns a searchlight on the rise of Hitler, the lightning dash of his armies to the Channel coast in 1940 and on the debacle of Dunkirk, where - in a mistake that was to trigger his eventual downfall - a quarter of a million British troops were allowed to escape.

Customer Reviews

A really good account
This book is a really good starting point for any one wishing to look at the period between the rise to power of Hitler and the fall of France. It goes through the history of the period, with indepth breakdowns on the major areas. However, what's probably the best part of the book is the parts where the author compares the weapons and tactics employed in the period of both the French and German as well as the other countries, Begium etc involved. Really a very good book for getting the basics to build on. With lots of black & white photos. The only problem I had with this book was the limited time scale of it. It would have been nice if it continued after the fall of France.