Fall Gelb 1940 (2) - Airborne assault on the Low Countries

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.>

Product details

• Authors: Doug Dildy, Douglas C Dildy, Douglas C. Dildy
• Assisted by: Peter Dennis (Illustration), Peter (Illustrator) Dennis (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.2015
• EAN: 9781472802743
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-0274-3
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 244 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Campaign; Campaign
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; France, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Second World War, Western Europe, Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Battles and campaigns