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FRENCH account on Battle of France?
When reading about the Battle of France in 1940 the most important account should be the French one - after all, the Battle of France affected most seriously the French and it was a battle fought largely in their country.
However, the literature in English seems to concentrate almost completely on Luftwaffe´s success and on the efforts of RAF units in France. Thus we tend to look the whole Battle of France through German or British eye glasses. Where are the books which focus on the events of spring/summer 1940 from the FRENCH point of view and cover well the history of FRENCH air units of that time in English?
The French bombing of Berlin on 7/8.6. of 1940 is a rarity detail to known for few (French bombed also other targets in Germany in 1940). I used to believe that RAF and only RAF made air raids against Germany on 1940 but this was not true. RAF units get in most books about 85 - 90 % of the attention of Allied air units when it comes to Battle of France.
Time to have a new perspective on the Battle of France - the French one. I´m sure that it exists in French literature, but as I do not understand much of French, I need a good account in English.
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