A fascinating study of the devastating new form of warfare that
redrew the map of Europe in the opening year of World War II,
bringing about the military collapse and capitulation of seven
modern industrialized nations. On 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany
launched the invasion of Poland, employing a new type of offensive
warfare: Blitzkrieg. So named by Allied observers because of the
shock and rapidity of its effects, this new approach was based on
speed, manoeuvrability and concentration of firepower. The strategy
saw startling success as the panzer divisions, supported by Stuka
dive-bombers, spread terror and mayhem, reaching Warsaw in just one
week. Aided by the intervention of the Soviet Union in the east,
the campaign was over in a mere 36 days. This astonishing feat was
followed by Operation Weserubung, the invasion of Denmark and then
Norway in 1940, the first joint air-sea-land campaign in the
history of warfare. Even more striking an achievement was the swift
and conclusive defeat of France during May-June 1940. Refusing to
let its forces dash themselves against the fortifications of the
Maginot Line, Germany instead sent its divisions through neutral
Belgium and northern France in Fall Gelb ('Case Yellow'),
destroying Allied resistance and pursuing the remnant of the
British and French forces to Dunkirk in an audacious and
devastatingly effective assault. During the course of Fall Rot
('Case Red') over the following 20 days, German forces pressed the
attack and by 25 June had forced France's leaders into a
humiliating capitulation. Illustrated throughout with detailed
maps, artwork and contemporary photographs, Blitzkrieg: The
Invasion of Poland to the Fall of France tells the story of these
first breakneck attacks, examining the armed forces, leaders,
technology, planning and execution in each campaign as well as the
challenges faced by the Germans in the pursuit of this new and
deadly form of warfare.
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