When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance (Neilberg, WH) Section- African American History as told by a Pulitzer

as told by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Texas native

Written in clear

This book invites the reader to walk the routes of some of the units on the field through the stories of thirty-six individual soldiers who fought on that day

Only John Michael Priest could capture the human impact of that fighting

This became an important factor in the increased support and attention landmines received from Confederate leaders

When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance (Neilberg, WH) Section- African American History as told by a Pulitzerby Michael S. Neilberg Winner of the Society for Military Historys Distinguished Book Award Shocked by the fall of France in 1940, panicked US leaders rushed to back the Vichy governmenta fateful decision that nearly destroyed the AngloAmerican alliance. According to US Secretary of War Henry Stimson, the most shocking single event of World War II was not the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but rather the fall of France in spring 1940. Michael