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Battle of France book
It may be of interest to forum members that Peter Cornwell's new book "The Battle of France: Then & Now" will be available at a special launch/book signing at the Aviation Bookshop, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on Saturday 23 February from 11.00 am to 3pm. The author and Wg Cdr Peter Ayerst DFC will be present to sign copies.
This book is certainly a "must have" ! Andy Saunders |
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Re: Battle of France book
The Battle of France started on 5 June, when most of the RAF units had been withdrawn.
So what this author is talking about? |
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Re: Battle of France book
May I suggest that you read the book.
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Absolutely, Peter! For the enlightenment of CJE, though, perhaps the sub-title might help him understand things a little better:
"The Battle of France Then & Now: Six Nations Locked in Aerial Combat September 1939 to June 1940" However....and as Peter says.... reading the book first is essential. Strangely there does seem to have been lots of recent critical comment, in various quarters, about publications which have (a) either not yet been published, or, (b), where the critic has not actually read the book even when it has been published. Well...thats my tuppeny worth! Andy |
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Any German soldiers on French soil before then were ... what, tourists?
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The Battle of Britain did not last up to 1945, did it? The period before the Battle of France was called Phoney War, something different I think.
Andy, nobody is criticising the book or rather its contents. It is the title which is criticised and which we could read before the book was printed. And yes, I find the title inaccurate, misleading and offensive. |
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Polish logic seems to be really inverse. Franek´s reaction is parallel to me finding "Franek Grabowski" inaccurate, misleading and offensive.
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Such interest, indeed passion, generated by the cover alone - this is most gratifying. Thank you gentlemen.
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Re: Battle of France book
Gentlemen, please take a breather and discuss the issue constructively.
Any book about this period by an author of proven worth is welcome. This discussion is pretty similar to the one about the Battle of Britain, where there is difference of opinion about the exact dates and campaign phases, but with a stronger emotional factor. I can sympathise with the French if they lay "claim" to their Battle of France as a distinct separate phase of the war and one which in a way is underestimated and overshadowed by subsequent events. But Peter, please let me again emphasise that personally I am looking forward to your work, regardless of the title.
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Thank you Ruy for those comments, tempered as they are by a refreshing degree of objectivity that one could reasonably expect from any true historian.
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