Softbound book fair. Covers show general wear, spine cocked and with heavier wear; binding sound; pages and photographs good, unmarked. 159 pages; 8.3 X 5.3 X 0.3; 12 oz. shipping weight. This heavily illustrated volume recounts the period when the "Phony War" of 1939-1940 became very real for France. The static defense dictated by the Maginot Line served the French forces ill indeed and nearly succeeded in becoming as big a disaster for the allied British forces as well. Volume 6 of Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II. Numerous black and white photographs.
