Not sure if this has been mentioned before but came across this, which I know will be of interest to at least one of you. The book is The War in France and Flanders 1939-1940 by Major L.F.Ellis (HMSO 1954). HyperWar: The War in France and Flanders, 1939-1940 (UK Military Series)
That'll be me then , Paul. Cheers for that, just reading today about Frankforce at Vimy Ridge in the preserved trenches and here you are giving me a site with a map of it. Thanks.
This transcription will be quite an achievement if they manage to complete it. I bought a proper copy of this book a while back. It seems a bit of a shame that I might not be buying any more ! I'm sure that I'll be able to find other books to buy though.
Books on the net can never replace a real one in your hand. Might buy this for £22 from N&M Press. Absolutely. But a useful handy source to have! I managed to get both NW Europe volumes, originals, on eBay this week for £29. Might be worth keeping an eye out on there?
Play.com have this starting at £18.28. http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/549181/The-War-in-France-and-Flanders-1939-1940/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=0
Has anyone else noticed page 213 is missing. Good job it's on-line, I was able to print it out and tuck it into the book.
Great link, I'm building up a picture of Boulogne and Calais during 1940 from one veterans story and this book helps a lot.
I bought a copy of that book, 1st edition, at a library sale for 80p, a bargain if ever there was one. The author, Major L.F. Ellis, also headed the team (Captain G.R.G. Allen, Lieut-Colonel A.E. Warhurst, Air Chief Marshall Sir James Robb) that wrote volumes 1 and 2 of Victory in the West in the same official series. The electronic edition you located is from here "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web" with details of the British Official History here "HyperWar: United Kingdom Official Histories". Let's hope they all get scanned. Peter
Excellent, I have been looking for something of sort for a while now. 193-40 just happens to be my biggest interest in ww2 times. Thanks v.much.
Hyperwar also have the Norwegian Campaign online. HyperWar: The Campaign in Norway (UK Military Series)
