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The Blitzkrieg Legend - The 1940 Campaign in the West (Paperback)
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The Blitzkrieg Legend - The 1940 Campaign in the West (Paperback)
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Here, for the first time in English, is an illuminating German
perspective on the decisive blitzkrieg campaign. The account,
written by the German historian Karl-Heinz Frieser and edited by
American historian John T. Greenwood, provides the definitive
explanation for Germany's startling success and the equally
surprising military collapse of France and Britain on the European
continent in 1940. In a little over a month, Germany defeated the
Allies in battle, a task that had not been achieved in four years
of brutal fighting during World War I.
First published in 1995 as the official German history of the 1940
campaign, this book goes beyond standard explanations to show that
the German victory was not inevitable and that French defeat was
not preordained. Contrary to most accounts of the campaign,
Frieser's illustrates that the military systems of both Germany and
France were solid and that their campaign plans were sound. The key
to victory or defeat, Frieser argues, was the execution of
operational plans--both preplanned and ad hoc--amid the eternal
Clausewitzian combat factors of friction and the fog of war. He
shows why, on the eve of the campaign, the British and French
leaders had good cause to be confident and why many German generals
were understandably concerned that disaster was looming for them.
This study explodes many of the myths concerning German blitzkrieg
warfare and the planning for the 1940 campaign. Frieser's
groundbreaking interpretation of the topic has been the subject of
discussion since the German edition first appeared. This English
translation is published in cooperation with the Association of the
United States Army.
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