May 1940 : the battle for the Netherlands / / edited by Herman Amersfoort and Piet Kamphuis.
In May 1940, the Netherlands were overrun by German armed forces. The five-day campaign might seem to be a prime example of Blitzkrieg , which led shortly afterwards to the rapid and unexpected overthrow of France. This book, based on the newest scholarly research, argues that this is too simple a v...
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| Superior document: | History of warfare, v. 57 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of warfare ;
v. 57. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (496 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- The emergence of the German threat / H.W. van den Doel
- Between hope and fear : the Netherlands Armed Forces in the interwar period / C.M. Schulten and P.M.J. de Koster
- The gathering storm : the German Armed Forces in the interwar period / J.W.M. Schulten
- The generals' duel : five days of war at the military strategic level / H. Amersfoort and J.W.M. Schulten
- "Fall festung" : a surprise attack on The Hague / C.M. Schulten
- Disputed territory : the battle in the Dutch provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant, and Zeeland / H.W. van den Doel
- The Field Army defeated : the battle for the Grebbe Line / H.W. van den Doel
- "Vorwarts denken, vorwarts sehen, vorwarts reiten!" : the battle in the northern provinces / P.H. Kamphuis
- Not a bridge too far : the battle for the Moerdijk bridges, Dordrecht, and Rotterdam / H.W. van den Doel
- Myth and reality / H. Amersfoort
- Annex: Table of land forces rank equivalents.