Darkness In Paris. The Allies And The Eclipse Of France 1940

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Publisher Place: Melbourne
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 343 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The Fall Of France Was Felt By Many In The West To Be The Greatest Catostrophe Suffered By Civilisation Since Ancient Rome Fell To The Barbarians

Publishers Description: In May 1940 Germany invaded France and within six weeks had triumphantly seized control of Paris. The Allies' complacency was replaced with a sense of helplessness as they were defeated by a new kind of dynamic warfare; it seemed that the Nazis were unbeatable. While the British gathered around their radios to hear Churchill make defiant speeches, the French suffered invasion, defeat, occupation, a hundred thousand people killed, and the imposition of a Fascist regime. For many in the West, the fall of France seemed to be the greatest catastrophe suffered by civilisation since the fall of ancient Rome to the barbarians. 'Darkness In Paris' tells the inside story of 1940 from Paris and London, brought brilliantly to life in this narrative masterpiece about a time when Western civilisation seemed to hang in the balance.

ISBN: 9781920769437