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message 1: by Singleton (new)

Singleton Mosby | 96 comments In may I will be visiting northern France and the crossing site of the Meuse at Montherme in particular.
It was here one of the three German spearheads breached the Meuse defence (the others being Sedan and Dinant). Montherme was a hard and tough battle for the Germans and the least succesful.

Now, I have read some short accounts of this part of the battle but not yet a full book or full study which I can read before visiting the site.

Who can recommend a good book?


message 2: by 'Aussie Rick', Moderator (new)

'Aussie Rick' (aussierick) | 20020 comments I have moved your request to here:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...


message 3: by Paul (new)

Paul (paul_gephart) | 463 comments Here is a pretty cool link, Singleton:

http://johnsmilitaryhistory.com/Month...

That is part of a larger site that has a link for European Military History (including more than just WW2) at this link:

http://johnsmilitaryhistory.com/europ...

There is also some good text (about 10 pages worth) at this link:

http://www.history.army.mil/books/OpA...

That latter link is written by Karl-Heinz Frieser (on the official US Army History website), and the excerpt is titled "Panzer Group Kleist and the Breakthrough in France, 1940." I hope that might lead you to some other sources.


message 4: by Paul (new)

Paul (paul_gephart) | 463 comments There are also some good sources at this Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o...


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