Blitzkrieg Hitlers Lightning War

Author : Earle Rice Jr.
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
ISBN 13 : 1545749213
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blitzkrieg! Hitler's Lightning War written by Earle Rice Jr. and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to Adolf Hitler's tactic of combining air attacks with swiftly moving ground forces.

Author : Lloyd Clark
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802190340
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blitzkrieg written by Lloyd Clark and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “masterly account” of the juggernaut offensive that conquered France—but also marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany in World War II (Kirkus Reviews). In the spring of 1940, the German forces launched an attack on France that combined superb intelligence, cutting edge strategy, and new technology—the blitzkrieg, or “lightning war.” In just six weeks, it would achieve what their fathers had failed to do in all four years of the First World War. It was a stunning victory. But here, leading British military historian and academic Lloyd Clark argues that much of our understanding of this victory is based on myth. Far from being a foregone conclusion, Hitler’s plan could easily have failed had the Allies been even slightly less inept or the Germans less fortunate. The Germans recognized that success depended not only on surprise, but also avoiding a protracted struggle for which they were not prepared—making defeat a very real possibility. Their surprise victory proved the apex of their achievement; far from being undefeatable, Clark argues, the Battle of France revealed Germany and its armed forces to be highly vulnerable. And Hitler dismissed this fact as he planned his next move—and greatest blunder: the invasion of the Soviet Union. In this eye-opening reassessment, complete with maps and illustrations, Clark “presents a well-balanced narrative that highlights the knife-edge victory of the German forces” and reveals how very close the Nazi war machine came to catastrophe in the early days of World War II (New York Journal of Books).

Author : Ian Baxter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782745426
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blitzkrieg written by Ian Baxter and published by . This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Europe went to war in 1939 the expectation was that this war would see a repeat of the scenes of 1914-18. However, the Wehrmacht was to change all that. Learning the lessons of World War I, the Germans unleashed fast, mobile armoured columns at the Allies, who were unprepared for the swift nature of modern war. 'Blitzkrieg' is an illustrated record of this awesome new tactic and the success it brought to Nazi Germany in the first few years of the war. Drawing on previously unpublished photographs, many of which have come from the albums of individuals who experienced and took part in the war, 'Blitzkrieg' presents a unique and visually stunning account of one of history's most infamous wars, telling the story of what happened from the perspective of ordinary soldiers.

Author : Ian Baxter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782745426
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blitzkrieg written by Ian Baxter and published by . This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Europe went to war in 1939 the expectation was that this war would see a repeat of the scenes of 1914-18. However, the Wehrmacht was to change all that. Learning the lessons of World War I, the Germans unleashed fast, mobile armoured columns at the Allies, who were unprepared for the swift nature of modern war. 'Blitzkrieg' is an illustrated record of this awesome new tactic and the success it brought to Nazi Germany in the first few years of the war. Drawing on previously unpublished photographs, many of which have come from the albums of individuals who experienced and took part in the war, 'Blitzkrieg' presents a unique and visually stunning account of one of history's most infamous wars, telling the story of what happened from the perspective of ordinary soldiers.

Author : Ronald E. Powaski
Publisher : Castle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780785820970
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning War written by Ronald E. Powaski and published by Castle Books. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the dramatic story of the German defeat of the Allies in northern France and the Low Countries in 1940. Covering the campaign as a whole, it examines the issues from all sides, including those of the French, British, German and other involved nations.

Author : Ronald E. Powaski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning War written by Ronald E. Powaski and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karl-Heinz Frieser
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513581
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blitzkrieg Legend written by Karl-Heinz Frieser and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning War written by Time-Life Books and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1989 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Author : Bryan Perrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780586062760
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lightning War written by Bryan Perrett and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pier Paolo Battistelli
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472842626
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Balkans 1940–41 (2) written by Pier Paolo Battistelli and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wehrmacht's last Blitzkrieg campaign was indeed a lightning war, since German forces were required to seize both Yugoslavia and Greece before redeploying immediately to the East ready to attack the Soviet Union in a matter of weeks. Although the plans for the conquest of Yugoslavia were developed in haste, the campaign was extremely successful: in a short space of time, both Yugoslavia and Greece had fallen, accompanied by the capture of large numbers of British, Australian and New Zealand troops. The 1941 Balkan campaign was an apparently brilliant military accomplishment that demonstrated once again the superiority of the Wehrmacht, and its cutting-edge campaigning skills. This superbly detailed work details the opposing forces that took part in this campaign, documents their weapons and analyzes the effectiveness of their tactics. It explores the initial Axis campaign against Yugoslavia, the breakthrough of the Metaxas Line and advance into Macedonia and the withdrawal of Allied troops south. Detailed battlescenes depict key moments in the land, sea and air battles that took place in the Balkans, vividly bringing to life events of almost 80 years ago.