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    Case Red: The Collapse of France
    Case Red: The Collapse of France
    Case Red: The Collapse of France
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    Case Red: The Collapse of France

    Written by Robert Forczyk

    Narrated by Michael Page

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    Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then engaging a tough defence along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest, and St Nazaire. While France was in its death throes, politicians and soldiers debated what to do-flee to England or North Africa, to seek an armistice.

    Case Red captures the drama of the final three weeks of military operations in France in June 1940, and explains the great impact it had on the course of relations between Britain and France during the remainder of the war. It also addresses the military, political, and human drama of France's collapse in June 1940, and how the windfall of captured military equipment, fuel, and industrial resources enhanced the Third Reich's ability to attack its next foe-the Soviet Union.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 21, 2017
    ISBN9781541478046
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    Robert Forczyk

    Robert Forczyk has a PhD in International Relations and National Security from the University of Maryland and a strong background in European and Asian military history. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the US Army Reserves having served 18 years as an armour officer in the US 2nd and 4th infantry divisions and as an intelligence officer in the 29th Infantry Division (Light). Dr Forczyk is currently a consultant in the Washington, DC area.

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    • 4/5
      This book combines a large strategic view with appropriate tactical accounts. It shows the complexity of battle and challenges many of the assertions made about the Battle of France. This books greatest failing is the format, all of the chapters are cut short in mid-sentence.
    • 5/5
      On 10th May, 1940, Hitler's Wehrmacht launched Case Yellow, smashing into France and the Low Countries, pushing back the Allied armies to the coast at Dunkirk in a matter of weeks. In most war histories, the story jumps almost immediately to the Battle of Britain, but as Robert Forczyk relates, the fighting in France still had another 3 weeks to run. After Dunkirk the Germans launched a new operation, entitled Case Red, to knock France out of the war altogether. This is the story of the desperate struggle by the French army, air force and even navy to stop the German advance, ultimately it was futile, but Forcyzk shows, far from capitulating easily, the French soldiers fought extremely hard. Individual units showed extreme bravery, but were undermined by France's poor pre-war preparation, inept command and the machinations of French politics The author is scathing about these politicians, particularly the ones who tamely advocated capitulation, at one point he regrets that they weren't taken out and shot as traitors. This passion makes what might otherwise have been a dry war history into an entertaining and informative read. . The author is also contemptuous of the British effort, their refusal to allow any Spitfires, the only plane capable of beating the Me-109, to be sent to France, is slammed, and the general ineptness of their commanders which betrayed the courage of the individual British units. The almost forgotten farce of Britain's 2nd BEF venture in particular is related in scathing detail. This is a great piece of war writing, bringing to life a largely neglected campaign, passionately written, which overturns many myths about France's defeat. Highly recommended.