Fall Gelb 1940 (1) - Panzer breakthrough in the West

Informationen zum Autor Douglas C. Dildy is a retired US Air Force colonel who retired with approximately 3,200 hours of fast jet time. As commander of the 32d Fighter Squadron, he enforced the No-Fly-Zone over Iraq, making him an expert on F-15 employment. He is a USAF Academy graduate with a Masters Degree in Political Science and has authored numerous books, including To Defeat the Few for Osprey. He contributes regularly to the modelling magazine Small Air Forces Observer and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Klappentext Never in the history of warfare has the clash between such great and apparently equal forces been decided so swiftly and conclusively as the German conquest of France and the Low Countries in May and June of 1940. Not deigning to spend itself against the extensive fortifications of France's Maginot Lines, Hitler's Wehrmacht planned to advance its 136 (of 157) divisions through Belgium and northern France in order to destroy the Allied forces there and gain territory from which to prosecute continued combat operations against France and England. Beginning on 10 May 1940, this title follows the fortunes of Heeresgruppe A as its three Panzer Korps moved stealthily through the dark, hilly, and thickly forested Ardennes in southern Belgium before forcing a passage across the river Meuse and racing through France to the Channel in one of the most daring campaigns in history. Vorwort Led by masters of armoured warfare such as Guderian and Rommel, the German Panzers broke through all opposition till they reached the channel coast in one of the most daring campaigns in history. Zusammenfassung Beginning on 10 May 1940, this title follows the fortunes of Heeresgruppe A as its three Panzer Korps moved stealthily through the dark, hilly, and thickly forested Ardennes in southern Belgium before forcing a passage across the river Meuse and racing through France to the Channel in one of the daring campaigns in history. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

• 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: 20.04.2014
• EAN: 9781782006442
• ISBN: 978-1-78200-644-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 242 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Campaign; Campaign; Campaign (Osprey Publishing)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Frankreich, 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Moderne Kriegsführung, Schlachten und Feldzüge, military history, HISTORY / Europe / France, Military vehicles, Warfare & defence, Second World War, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, Armed Conflict, Battles and campaigns, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Land, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces