WAR IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS 1939-1940: HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: UNITED...
WAR IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS 1939-1940: HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY SERIES: OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN HISTORY\nCovering the 1939-40 \u2018Phoney War\u2019 in a single chapter, the focus of Major L.F. Ellis\u2019s official history of the campaign in France and Flanders falls on the role of the British Expeditionary Force in attempting to defend Belgium and France from the fury of the German Blitzkrieg in May-June 1940. He describes the BEF\u2019s advance into Belgium in response to the German attack in accordance with the pre-arranged Anglo-French \u2018Dyle Plan\u2019, and its rapid retreat as the Germans broke through on the River Meuse. Despite an attempted counter-attack around Arras, Ellis shows how the BEF and their French allies were forced back on the Channel Ports by the swift advance of the German armoured columns. The history culminates in the confusion caused by Belgium\u2019s sudden surrender, the failed British stand on the Somme, and the momentous dec.
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