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

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - World War II - Western Front

Last Stocked on 1/14/2021

Product Info

Title
Fall Gelb 1940 (1) - Panzer Breakthrough in the West
Publisher
Category
Author
Douglas Dildy
Publish Year
2014
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147545036
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM264
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM264

Description

The German blitzkrieg conquest of France and the Low Countries (via the Ardennes, Arras, and Dunkirk) in May and June of 1940 has never been surpassed in the history of warfare in that no clash between such great and apparently equal forces has been decided so swiftly and conclusively. 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.