France 1940: Blitzkrieg in the West

by Alan Shepperd

Book Overview

Osprey's Campaign title for France's defeat in the early period of World War II (1939-1945). The German victory of 1940 stunned the world. France, major European power and owner of the world's largest armies had fallen in less than seven weeks to the might of the German Wehrmacht. The secret of the Wehrmacht's success lay in its carefully thought out organization and the tactics of blitzkrieg. Fast moving tank divisions supported by armoured, mobile...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0850459583
• ISBN13: 9780850459586
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.8"