Hitler's Blitzkrieg Enemies 1940 Volume 493 - Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium

The armies of Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium bore the first crushing impact of Hitler's mighty Blitzkrieg war machine in Western Europe, in a campaign that astonished and terrified the world. The German Wehrmacht was millions strong, equipped with the latest guns, tanks and aircraft, and had the priceless advantage of having learned the realities of modern warfare in Poland the previous September. The defenders of Scandinavia and the Low Countries were raised from small populations, and were inadequately funded, trained, equipped and armed. Their modest numbers, inexperience, and largely indefensible borders condemned them to rapid defeat. For this reason they have tended to be neglected by history - in many cases, unjustly. Vastly outnumbered - and, in the case of the neutral Low Countries, with their potential French and British allies reeling under simultaneous attacks - thousands of soldiers fought heroically in the hopeless defence of their homelands against the Nazi juggernaut.

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Thomas
• Assisted by: Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2014
• EAN: 9781782005964
• ISBN: 978-1-78200-596-4
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 251 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Man at Arms; Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey); Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey); Man at Arms
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Europa, 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Europe, European History, Moderne Kriegsführung, Militärische Institutionen, HISTORY / Military / Pictorial, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Military institutions, Weapons and equipment, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, Military uniforms / insignia