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Military Defeat And Myths Of Moral Failing

Reading into the Battle of France, 1940

Mar 02, 2023
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Char B1 bis after being destroyed by its own crew, Beaumont, Belgium, May  1940 : r/TankPorn
A Char B1 bis destroyed by its own crew to prevent capture in Belgium

Alistair Horne, To Lose a Battle: France, 1940. Penguin Books, 1969.

Philip G. Nord, France 1940: Defending the Republic. Yale University Press, 2015.

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