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Hitler’s Blitzkrieg Enemies 1940
Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium
Hitler’s Blitzkrieg Enemies 1940
Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium
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The armies of Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium bore the first crushing impact of Hitler's mighty Blitzkrieg war machine in Western Europe, in a campaign that astonished and terrified the world.
The German Wehrmacht was millions strong, equipped with the latest guns, tanks and aircraft, and had the priceless advantage of having learned the realities of modern warfare in Poland the previous September. The defenders of Scandinavia and the Low Countries were raised from small populations, and were inadequately funded, trained, equipped and armed. Their modest numbers, inexperience, and largely indefensible borders condemned them to rapid defeat. For this reason they have tended to be neglected by history – in many cases, unjustly.
Featuring period photographs and full-colour artwork, this book examines the dress, insignia, equipment, organization and combat performance of the Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and Belgium armies - thousands of soldiers who fought heroically in hopeless defence against the Nazi juggernaut.
Table of Contents
The Danish Army: organisation, battle record, uniforms and insignia
The Norwegian Army: organisation, battle record, uniforms and insignia
The Royal Netherlands Army: organisation, battle record, uniforms and insignia
The Belgian Army: organisation, battle record, uniforms and insignia
Bibliography
Plate commentaries
Index
Product details
| Published | 20 Feb 2014 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 48 |
| ISBN | 9781782005964 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 10 b/w |
| Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
| Series | Men-at-Arms |
| Short code | MAA 493 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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