May 1940: the battle for the Netherlands

by Amersfoort, H., (Hermanus) Kamphuis, P. H.

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Title Statements

Full title :May 1940 : the battle for the Netherlands / edited by Herman Amersfoort and Piet Kamphuis.

Summary

"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 of the Second World War"--Page 4 of cover

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 462 pages) : : illustrations, maps (some color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789004187276, 9004187278, 1282952676, 9781282952676, 9786612952678, 6612952679
DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004184381.i-468
oclc:ocn697174422
LC Classification:D763.N4
Dewey Decimal:940.54/2192

The emergence of the German threat / H.W. van den Doel -- Between hope and fear : the Netherlands Armed Forces in the interwar period / C.M. Schulten and P.M.J. de Koster -- The gathering storm : the German Armed Forces in the interwar period / J.W.M. Schulten -- The generals' duel : five days of war at the military strategic level / H. Amersfoort and J.W.M. Schulten -- "Fall festung" : a surprise attack on The Hague / C.M. Schulten -- Disputed territory : the battle in the Dutch provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant, and Zeeland / H.W. van den Doel -- The Field Army defeated : the battle for the Grebbe Line / H.W. van den Doel -- "Vorwarts denken, vorwarts sehen, vorwarts reiten!" : the battle in the northern provinces / P.H. Kamphuis -- Not a bridge too far : the battle for the Moerdijk bridges, Dordrecht, and Rotterdam / H.W. van den Doel -- Myth and reality / H. Amersfoort -- Annex: Table of land forces rank equivalents.

Subjects

Geschichte Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Campagnes… HISTORY -- Military Military campaigns Netherlands Niederlande Operation Westfeldzug World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Ne…