Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk

An excellent first edition of Len Deighton's detailed military history of events of the Second World War. A remarkable account of the lightening war on the ground, exploring the scandals in the Nazi hierarchy. It narrates the tale of the rise of Nazism and the fall of France.With a foreword by General Walther Nehring, a German general who commanded the Afrika Korps.Len Deighton (b1929) is a prolific British author best known for his spy novels, although he has also published histories, military histories and cookery books. His other works include 'Funeral in Berlin', 'An Expensive Place to Die' and 'Winter: A Berlin family'.Illustrated with photographs throughout.The first edition, first impression of this work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, resulting in the title fading completely; this affects a little of the front cover as well. However, it is otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. …