Archon Books, CT. A study of German General Heinz Guderian's panzer breakthrough on the Meuse. This action by the well prepared and trained German troops was the key to the French downfall in 1940. Good+ copy of the first edition in a good+ dust jacket. There is pencil underlining in the introduction and first chapter, otherwise the book would be very good. The dust jacket has a little wear on the back cover and a little edge wear. 374 pages.

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Title: The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940
Publisher: Archon Books, CT
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0208022813
ISBN 13: 9780208022813
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Colonel Doughty (US Army and West Point) examines the German victory at Sedan, which has generally been viewed as testament to an innovative and invincible German war machine. Through detailed analysis of both French and German battle records, he reconstructs the battle and reveals, not a new and superior weaponry or war machine, but efficient technical and procedural use of the German infantry. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Brig. Gen. Robert A. Doughty, USA (Ret.), is a graduate of West Point, former chair of its history department, and a prize-winning military historian. He is the author of Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. He lives in Louisiana.

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