Osprey Campaign 003 - France 1940 Blitzkrieg in the West

The German Victory Of 1940 Stunned The World. France, Major European Power And Owner Of One Of The World's Largest Armies Had Fallen In Less Than Seven Weeks To The Might Of The German Wehrmacht. The Secret Of The Wehrmacht's Success Lay In Its Carefully Thought Out Organisation And The Tactics Of Blitzkrieg. Fast Moving Tank Divisions Supported By Armoured, Mobile Infantry Swept Over The Opposition, Helped By Both Conventional Bombers And Deadly Stuka Dive-bombers. Alan Shepperd's Highly Detailed Text Examines The Tactics, Organisation And Equipment Of The Allied And German Forces, And Provides A Daily Account Of The Most Crucial Period Of The Battle--page 4 Of Cover. Background For War -- The Opposing Commanders. The French Commanders -- The German Commanders -- The Opposing Armies. Forces Engaged -- Air Forces -- Morale -- The Opposing Plans. French Strategy -- German Strategy -- The Battle For France. 10 May -- 11 May -- 12 May -- 13 May : Over The Meuse -- 14 May -- 15 May : German Exploitation -- 16 May -- 17 May -- The General Scene: 16 And 17 May -- 18 To 23 May -- Dunkirk -- The Result. Alan Shepperd. Bibliography: P 93. Osprey's Campaign title for France's defeat in the early period of World War II (1939-1945). The German victory of 1940 stunned the world. France, major European power and owner of the world's largest armies had fallen in less than seven weeks to the might of the German Wehrmacht. The secret of the Wehrmacht's success lay in its carefully thought out organization and the tactics of blitzkrieg. Fast moving tank divisions supported by armoured, mobile infantry swept over opposition, helped by both conventional bombers and deadly Stuka dive-bombers. Alan Shepperd's highly detailed text examines the tactics, organization and equipment of the Allied and German forces, and provides a daily account of the most crucial period of the battle. "The German victory of 1940 stunned the world. France, major European power and owner of one of the World's largest armies had fallen in less than seven weeks to the might of the German Wehrmacht. The secret of the Wehrmacht's success lay in its carefully thought out organisation and the tactics of blitzkrieg. Fast moving tank divisions supported by armoured, mobile infantry swept over the opposition, helped by both conventional bombers and deadly Stuka dive-bombers. Alan Shepperd's highly detailed text examines the tactics, organisation and equipment of the Allied and German forces, and provides a daily account of the most crucial period of the battle" [4e de couv.] Generel fremstilling af Nazitysklands lynkrig i Vesteuropa i sommeren 1940 der blandt andet ledte til Frankrigs fald. Ved hjælp af samtidige fotos, kort, uniformsplancher og lignende informationer, giver bogen et overordnet indtryk af begivenheden This is one of the classic battles of the twentieth century - a classic in the sense of the almost unique quality of the plan.