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Article: Books: History in the making; The Hinge Factor - How Chance and Stupidity Have Changed History. By Erik Durschmied (Hodder & Stoughton, pounds 14.99). Reviewed by Ross Reyburn.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 8, 1999
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The theory sounds far-fetched but could a sacrifice attack by 74 British tanks in France in 1940 have proved the decisive moment of the Second World War?
Intriguingly Austrian-born war correspondent Eric Durschmied considers the brave action by the British tank force attacking the triumphant German panzers to protect the British Expeditionary Force's wide open flank as a key moment in the war.
The action, vividly chronicled in the book with a British tank brigade commander deciding "We've got a job to do and we're bloody well going to do it", provided only ...