The Breaking Point: Sedan and the Fall of France, 1940

by Robert Allan Doughty and Robert A. Doughty

Book Overview

In telling the story of Sedan, Doughty brings to life individual soldiers, ridge lines, copses, gun emplacements, charges and bug-outs -- all the detail that creates layer and layer of opportunity or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0208022813
• ISBN13: 9780208022813
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Archon Books
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Tonic

Much needed corrective to the overhyped and overblown theories about Blitzkrieg. As brilliant as the German operational plan was, Colonel Doughty does a remarkable job in showing that only hard fighting by well-trained infantry and engineers at the sharp end allowed the plan to bear fruit. A great cautionary script for anyone tempted to put all their eggs in either the maneuver or firepower baskets exclusively.

The nut in the nutshell; crux of the matter

Colonel Doughty has gone where no one has before; the company-size struggle for the Marfee Heights. While E. Store's 1PZ gives a good timeline and points of reference, Doughty describes each block- house. The French officers are named, either in their infamy or heroic efforts. On a broader scale, Doughty compares doctrines. "Combat-activness" is examined as a motivator in small-level combat; the place that wars are really won.