Fall Gelb 1940 (1): Panzer Breakthrough in the West

by Douglas C. Dildy

The German blitzkrieg conquest of France and the Low Countries (via the Ardennes, Arras, and Dunkirk) in May and June of 1940 has never been surpassed in the history of warfare in that no clash between such great and apparently equal forces has been decided so swiftly and conclusively. Not deigning to spend itself against the extensive fortifications of France's Maginot Lines, Hitler's Wehrmacht planned to advance its 136 (of 157) divisions through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782006443
• ISBN13: 9781782006442
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.6"