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How did Hitler and his generals manage the swift conquest of France, considering that the French and their allies were superior in every measurable dimension and considering the Germans' own scepticism about their chances? Strange Victory is a dramatic new interpretation of Germany's lightning attack that swept the Wehrmacht to Paris in the spring of 1940. It is a riveting study of the years leading up to those crucial weeks and it suggests new ways to think about the decisions taken on both sides. Why did Hitler turn against France at just this moment and not before? Why were his poor judgement and inadequate intelligence about the allies nonetheless correct? Why did France not take the offensive earlier, when it might have led to victory? What explains France's failure to detect and respond to Germany's attack? Weaving together decisions of the high commands on both sides with the confused responses from exhausted and ill-informed or ill-advised officers in the field. May offers new insights into the tragic paradoxes of the battle for France. This will be a book of lasting importance to our understanding of World War II, and its effect on both the German and the allied sides. «
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