Never in the history of warfare has the clash between two such apparently equally matched forces been decided so swiftly and conclusively as the German conquest of France and the Low Countries in May and June of 1940. Unwilling to launch itself headlong against the extensive fortifications of France's Maginot Line, Hitler's Wehrmacht moved 136 divisions through Belgium and northern France in order to destroy the Allied forces there and gain territory from which nto prosecute continued combat operations against both France and England.

Includes maps of: Opposing German and Allied War Plans, 0400, 10 MAY 1940; Movement of German Forces through the Ardennes, 10-12 MAY 1940; Rommel Crosses the Meuse at Dinant, 12-14 MAY 1940; Guderian Crosses the Meuse at Sedan, 13-14 MAY 1940; Breakout of German Forces from the Meuse to the Sambre Canal and River, 15-17 MAY 1940; Drive to the Sea - from the Oise River to the Channel Coast, 18-20 MAY 1940; BEF Attacks Rommel at Arras, 21 MAY 1940; Closing the Ring on the Dunkirk-Lille Pocket, 22-24 MAY 1940; Halfbefehl Lifted - the Offensive Resumes, 26-28 MAY 1940.