An engaging narrative of the small-unit actions near Sedan during the 1940 campaign for France Reconstructs the fighting in and around Sedan by German panzer forces under the famous Heinz Guderian and their French opponents - Examines both sides of the battle, from privates up to generals - Recommended reading by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps "Doughty's lively study should appeal to soldiers and civilians." -- Journal of Military History Brig. Gen. Robert A. Doughty, USA (Ret.), is a graduate of West Point, former chair of its history department, and a prize-winning military historian. He is the author of Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. He lives in Louisiana.