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Overview: After the long winter of the Phoney War the invasion of the Low Countries and France by Hitlers rampaging armies threw the World into crisis. Chamberlains Government fell, Churchill became Prime Minister. France was humiliated, the British Expeditionary Force was only saved by the miracle of Dunkirk but many men and huge amounts of equipment were lost to the Blitzkrieg. England trembled but the invasion never came. Philip Warner graphically recounts the momentous events of that terrible period thanks to his painstaking research and skilful writing. He demonstrates how the under trained and ill-equipped British forces gallantly but futilely resisted the German land and air onslaught. He emphasises the understated contribution of the French. This book provides a fresh and invaluable explanation of the military and political events of that extraordinary campaign, which continued on after Dunkirk. Philip Warner wrote a prolific number of works of classic military history many of which are in print with Pen and Sword Books, such as Horrocks, Auchinleck and The Battle of Loos. His son Dick lives in West London and runs Class Publishing.

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Table of Contents Acknowledgements Many individuals and establishments - photo 1
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Acknowledgements

Many individuals and establishments have given me generous help in producing this book. The staff of the library at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, have been exceptionally painstaking in tracing sources of information. The Imperial War Museum, as always, has been a tower of strength and provided invaluable advice and documents. So many other libraries and museums all over the country have been helpful that it is impossible to list them all here. Survivors of the battle, British, French and German, have answered my questions fully and patiently. My special thanks go to Lieutenant Colonel Robin Painter, who took enormous trouble to produce, exactly as I wanted them, the detailed sketches from which the maps were drawn.

I am grateful to the following for permission to quote from works published by them:

Batsford Ltd: Anon, Infantry Officer
Chatto and Windus Ltd: Captain Sir Basil Bartlett, My First War
Harrap Ltd: H. Habe, A Thousand Shall Fall
Hodder and Stoughton Ltd: J. Colville, The Fringes of Power
Hutchinson & Co. Ltd: C. Gardner, A.A . S . F .
Michael Joseph Ltd: H. Guderian, Panzer Leader
Methuen Ltd: Anon, Diary of a Staff Officer.

Every attempt has been made to trace authors or artists who may own copyrights of any of the works quoted or illustrations used. If any copyright has been inadvertently overlooked, will the owner please contact the author?

By the same author

Alamein: Reflections of the Heroes

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2007)

Auchinleck: The Lonely Soldier

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2006)

Battle of Loos

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2009)

Best of British Pluck

British Battlefields 1: The North

British Battlefields 2: The South

British Battlefields 3: The Midlands

British Battlefields 4: Scotland

Daily Telegraph Book of British Battlefields

British Cavalry

Castles in Britain (illustrated edition)

A Cavalryman in the Crimea

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2009)

Civil Service

The D-Day Landings

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2004)

Dervish (republished by Pen & Sword, 2010)

Disputed Territories

Distant Battle

Famous Scottish Battles

Famous Welsh Battles

Field Marshal Earl Haig

Fields of War: Letters Home from the Crimea

The Great British Soldier

Growing Up in the First World War

A Guide to the Castles in the British Isles

Horrocks: The General Who Led from the Front

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2005)

Invasion Road

The Japanese Army of World War II

Kitchener: The Man Behind the Legend

The Medieval Castle in Peace & War

Panzer

Passchendaele (republished by Pen & Sword, 2007)

Phantom (republished by Pen & Sword, 2005)

Political Parties

Roman Roads

Secret Forces of World War 2

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2004)

Sieges of the Middle Ages

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2004)

Soldier: His Life in Peace and War

Special Air Service (Official History)

Special Boat Service

Stories of Famous Regiments

World War One: A Chronological Narrative

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2008)

World War II: The Untold Story

The Zeebrugge Raid

(republished by Pen & Sword, 2008)

Appendix: Forces Involved in the Battle of France
British Expeditionary Force

Commander-in-Chief

General The Viscount Gort
Chief of the General StaffLieutenant General H. R. Pownall
Adjutant GeneralLieutenant General Sir W. D. S. Brownrigg
Quarter-Master GeneralLieutenant General W. G. Lindsell

GHQ Troops

Royal Armoured Corps

1st Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade Brigadier C. W. Norman

1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

1st East Riding Yeomanry

2nd Light Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade Brigadier A. J. Clifton

5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

15th/19th The Kings Royal Hussars

1st Army Tank Brigade Brigadier D. H. Pratt

4th and 7th Battalions Royal Tank Regiment

Not brigaded

4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards

12th Royal Lancers

13th/18th Royal Hussars

1st Lothians and Border Yeomanry

Royal Artillery

1st and 2nd Regiments Royal Horse Artillery

32nd, 98th, 115th, 139th Army Field Regiments

1st, 2nd, 4th, 58th, 61st, 63rd, 65th, 69th Medium Regiments

1st, 51st, 52nd Heavy Regiments

1st, 2nd, 3rd Super Heavy Regiments

1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade Brigadier E. D. Milligan

1st, 6th, 85th Anti-Aircraft Regiments

2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade Brigadier E. W. Chadwick

60th Anti-Aircraft Regiment

51st, 58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments

4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade Brigadier J. N. Slater

4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment

1st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery

5th Searchlight Brigade Brigadier E. Rait-Kerr

1st, 2nd, 3rd Searchlight Regiments

Royal Engineers

100th, 101st, 216th Army Field Companies

228th and 242nd Field Companies

223rd Field Park Company

19th Army Field Survey

58th, 61st, 62nd Chemical Warfare Companies

In addition there were thirty-eight General Construction companies; two Road Construction, one Excavator, four Tunnelling companies and one Workshop and Park company; one Field Survey depot; and two Water-Boring sections.

Infantry

1st Battalion Welsh Guards

Machine-Gun

7th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment

1st/8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment

4th Battalion The Gordon Highlanders

6th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Pioneer

6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Battalions The Kings Own Royal Regiment

7th Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment

6th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers

1st/6th Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment

Garrison

9th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment

1st Corps

Lieutenant General M. G. H. Barker

1st Division

2nd Division

48th Division

Corps Troops

Royal Artillery

27th and 140th Army Field Regiments

3rd and 5th Medium Regiments

52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery

1st Survey Regiment

Royal Engineers

102nd, 107th, 221st Army Field Companies

105th Corps Field Park Company

13th Corps Field Survey Company

Infantry Machine-Gun

2nd and 4th Battalions The Cheshire Regiment

2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment

2nd Corps

Lieutenant General A. F. Brooke

3rd Division

4th Division

5th Division

50th Division

Corps Troops

Royal Artillery

60th and 88th Army Field Regiments

53rd and 59th Medium Regiments

53rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

2nd Survey Regiment

Royal Engineers

222nd, 234th, 240th Army Field Companies

108th Corps Field Park Company

14th Corps Field Survey Company

Infantry Machine-Gun

2nd Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

2nd and 1st/7th Battalions The Middlesex Regiment

3rd Corps

Lieutenant General Sir R. F. Adam, Bt

42nd Division

44th Division

Corps Troops

Royal Artillery

5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

97th Army Field Regiment

51st and 56th Medium Regiments

54th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

3rd Survey Regiment

Royal Engineers

213th, 214th, 217th Army Field Companies

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