Au Contact: French Infantry Tactics in the Maginot Line Advance Posts During the Phoney War, 4 September 1939 to 10 May 1940 *
Published online on March 26, 2025
Abstract
War in History, Ahead of Print.
Historians’ preoccupation with explaining why France lost the Battle of France in May and June 1940 obscures worthwhile histories that are not relevant to the outcome. Generalisation from the battle on the Meuse, where elite German units faced poor French ...
Historians’ preoccupation with explaining why France lost the Battle of France in May and June 1940 obscures worthwhile histories that are not relevant to the outcome. Generalisation from the battle on the Meuse, where elite German units faced poor French ...