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

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Type: Softcover

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

MSRP old price: $21.95


Product Info

Title
Fall Gelb 1940 (2) - Airborne Assault on the Low Countries
Publisher
Category
Author
Douglas Dildy
Publish Year
2015
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.25x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147572668
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM265
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM265

Description

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 maneuver 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 armor 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.