CHAPMAN, GUY. — Why France Collapsed.

London: Cassell, 1968. 1st edition. "In June 1940 the armies of France, Great Britain and Belgium succumbed to the onslaught of the German armies in less than six weeks..This book is a bold attempt to clarify responsibilities and to answer the question of how an army - not greatly inferior to the enemy's and only ten years before believed to be the strongest in Europe - met such an ignominious defeat." Pp.xiv/403, 11 maps, dedication (in French: "Le Commandant Jean Le Boeuf 4º regiment de Chassans Marins d'Afrique. Groupe speciale France libre escadre le general C. de G. 1940-1945") to half-title page. Green cloth, dustwrapper slightly toned with spot to top of spine edge. G+/G+.