Philip Warner clarifies and personalizes this crucial period of the war, drawing on personal accounts of ordinary people who knew what was happening around them and of those, in authority, who often did not. He discusses the events that charactize this period - how the Allies captured and ignored the detailed plans for the invasion of Belgium and Holland - while the Germans decisively changed their strategy - how the German command halted Guderian's tanks on two occasions because they could not believe their success - unwittingly assisting in the evacuation of Dunkirk; and how the British planned a re-invasion of France in the midst of their troops withdrawal. Ultimately, this is a story of the courage of ill-equipped and under-trained British forces and the unsung contribution of parts of the French forces. Philip Warner is the author of 43 books, including Horricks - The General Who Led From The Front and Kitchener - The Man Behind The Legend.