Hitler’s Blitzkrieg Enemies 1940

Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium

Hitler’s Blitzkrieg Enemies 1940 cover

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. Vastly outnumbered – and, in the case of the neutral Low Countries, with their potential French and British allies reeling under simultaneous attacks – thousands of soldiers fought heroically in the hopeless defence of their homelands against the Nazi juggernaut.

Table of Contents

Introduction /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

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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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Nigel Thomas

NIGEL THOMAS PhD is an accomplished linguist and m…

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Johnny Shumate

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