Invasion, 1940 [Hardcover]

Peter Fleming (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1974

A splendidly engrossing account of one of the Second World War's most dramatic confrontations. With a new preface by John Lukacs.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Here is another volume chronicling the period in which Britishers contemplated the unthinkable: a land invasion by Germany. This volume covers both the Reich's plans and the preparations by Britain to defend its homeland from the Nazi scourge.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"Fleming carries us with him, enthralled and shattered, to the end." -- THE NEW YORKER --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 324 pages
• Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd; New edition edition (October 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0856175889
• ISBN-13: 978-0856175886
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Important information, January 31, 2011

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This review is from: Invasion 1940 (Paperback)

This book has an excellent analysis of the invasion plans of 1940, and it also covers the motives of both sides, the preparations by Britain to repel or contain the invaders, and a number of amusing anecdotes about what it must have been like living in the Home Counties at the time. If you've ever had the question "what would have happened if Hitler had struck straight after Dunkirk?" or "How would the Germans have been fought in England?", here is your alternate-history factual base.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A chilling "what if?" book..., December 21, 2003

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meiringen "meiringen" (the Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Invasion 1940 (Paperback)

A book by the brother of the writer of the James Bond novels, Peter Fleming writes of the plans for the invasion of Britain by the Germans in WWII. It chronicles the Reich's plans and the preparations by the British to defend their homeland.

It's a chilling "what if?" book. It could very well have happened, just as it is suggested here. Recommended for those who always wondered "if the Germans had invaded." The world would have been quite different if the Germans had succeeded...