World War II

DRIVEN TO WIN

N APRIL 1938, just a year and a half before France declared war on Nazi Germany, teams of drivers from the two countries faced off on a racetrack in Pau, France, on the northern edge of the Pyrenees., journalist Neal Bascomb tells the story of the underdog French team that dared to take on the Third Reich—and how the Silver Arrows played a prominent role in Nazi propaganda.

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