The name Maurice Gamelin inevitably brings to mind the generalissimo responsible for the defeat of 1940, a military disaster with incalculable consequences. His condemnation seems irrevocable. However, an in-depth study of the person calls into question many of the certainties about his actual guilt. An objective look at one of the major players in the French defeat of 1940, far from a stinging indictment or a tearful plea.
General Gamelin tried in vain to be a great strategist without the full freedom to develop and lead an effective war strategy; it is this ineffectual war strategy that this book is about.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Aknouche, Christophe
Title
Gamelin ou la stratégie entravée
Details
French text, paperback, colour organigrams and maps. 272 pp.
State
new
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