May 1940: The Battle for the Netherlands - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 9004184384 ISBN 13: 9789004184381

Casa editrice: Brill Academic Pub, 2010

Riassunto

In May 1940, the Netherlands were overrun by German armed forces. The five-day campaign might seem to be a prime example of Blitzkrieg, which led shortly afterwards to the rapid and unexpected overthrow of France. This book, based on the newest scholarly research, argues that this is too simple a view. Even though the German assault on the Netherlands made use of tanks, aircraft and airborne troops, it was still a classic campaign against a weak opponent in a theater on the margins of Fall Gelb. In many instances, artillery and infantry were the decisive factors and it is debatable whether the bombing of Rotterdam can be seen as a precursor to the aerial terror campaigns against civilian populations that marked the later stages the Second World War.

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L'autore:

Herman Amersfoort (1951), Ph.D. (1988) in History, University of Leiden, is Professor of Military History at the Netherlands Defence Academy and at Amsterdam University. He has published extensively on Dutch military history in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Piet Kamphuis (1953), M.A. in History, University of Groningen, is Director of the Netherlands Institute of Military History. Since 2000 he has also been secretary-general of the International Commission of Military History.

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• Editore: Brill Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9004184384
• ISBN 13: 9789004184381
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 462
• Redattore: Amersfoort Herman, Kamphuis Piet