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Author Spears, Edward, Sir, 1886-1974.

Title Assignment to catastrophe / by Sir Edward Spears
Published Melbourne : W. Heinemann, 1954

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 W'PONDS  940.532241 Spe  1  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  940.532241 Spe  2  AVAILABLE
Description 2 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents v. 1. Prelude to Dunkirk, July 1939-May 1940 -- v. 2. The fall of France, June 1940
Summary General Spears tells the full story of his mission as Sir Winston Churchill's personal representative with the French government in 1940
Notes Includes indexes
Maps on lining papers
Reviews: Illustrated London News, 3 July 1954, p.10, and 16 April 1955, p.690; New York Times Book Review, 14 Nov.1954, p.3, and 27 Feb.1955, p.33; U.S.N.I.P., June 195 5, p.707-708; Military Affairs, summer 1955, p.100-101; Herald (Melbourne), 2 Dec. 1954; Times Literary Supplement, 4 Feb.1955, p.70
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
SUBJECT France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115083
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100253
Other Titles Fall of France, June 1940
Prelude to Dunkirk, June 1939-May 1940
Prelude to Dunkirk, June 1939-May 1940
The Fall of France, June 1940