Fall Gelb 1940 (2)

Airborne assault on the Low Countries

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Description

A highly illustrated account of the daring German assault by Heersgruppe A through Holland and Belgium in May 1940.

The great blitzkrieg campaign of May/June 1940 saw German forces pour through Holland and Belgium to confront the French and British. The assault was audacious; it relied on speed, feinting and manoeuvre as much as superior force, and in the end these qualities were to prove decisive to German success.

Featuring vivid illustrations, illuminative bird's eye views and maps, this book charts the unfolding of an unprecedented 'lightning war', which saw the first ever airborne assault at a strategic level, and the largest clash of armour to date. Never in the history of warfare had the clash between such large, powerful, and apparently equal forces been decided so swiftly and conclusively.

Table of Contents

Origins of the campaign
Chronology

Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Orders of battle
Opposing plans
The campaign

Aftermath
The battlefields today
Further reading
Index

Product details

Published Jan 20 2015
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472802767
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 74 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 265
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Douglas C. Dildy

Douglas C. Dildy is a retired US Air Force colonel…

Illustrator

Peter Dennis

Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazine…

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