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Blitzkrieg : myth, reality, and Hitler's lightning war-- France, 1940, Lloyd Clark
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- Summary
- In the spring of 1940, Nazi Germany launched a military offensive in France and the Low Countries that married superb intelligence, the latest military thinking, and new technology. In just six weeks the Nazis outflanked the large French army, sowed chaos, and took Paris, achieving what their fathers had failed to accomplish in all four years of the First World War. The fall of France was a stunning victory. It altered the balance of power in Europe in one stroke and convinced the entire world that the Nazi War machine was unstoppable. But as Lloyd Clark, a leading British military historian and academic, argues in Blitzkrieg, much of our understanding of this victory, and blitzkrieg itself, is based on myth. The tactic was not really new, and far from being a forgone victory, Hitler's invasion was incredibly risky and could easily have failed had the Allies been even slightly less inept or the Germans less fortunate. And while speed and mechanization were essential, 90 percent of Germany's ground forces were still reliant on horses, bicycles, and their own feet for transportation. Their surprise victory proved the apex of their achievement; far from being undefeatable, Clark argues, the campaign revealed Germany's vulnerabilities, lessons not learned by Hitler as he began to plan for the invasion of the Soviet Union. A definitive history of the events of 1940, Blitzkrieg is Lloyd Clark at his best.--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 457 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Ingredients
- Plans
- Final preparations
- 10 May : forward
- 11-12 May : to the Meuse
- 13 May : crossing the Meuse
- 14-15 May : counter-attacks and exploitation
- 16-20 May : crisis of command and the coast
- 21-24 May : Arras, Weygand and the halt order
- 25 May-4 June : withdrawal and evacuation
- 5-8 June : Fall Rot and resilience
- 9-22 June : driving south, Paris and armistice
- Isbn
- 9780802125132
- Label
- Blitzkrieg : myth, reality, and Hitler's lightning war-- France, 1940
- Title
- Blitzkrieg
- Title remainder
- myth, reality, and Hitler's lightning war-- France, 1940
- Statement of responsibility
- Lloyd Clark
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the spring of 1940, Nazi Germany launched a military offensive in France and the Low Countries that married superb intelligence, the latest military thinking, and new technology. In just six weeks the Nazis outflanked the large French army, sowed chaos, and took Paris, achieving what their fathers had failed to accomplish in all four years of the First World War. The fall of France was a stunning victory. It altered the balance of power in Europe in one stroke and convinced the entire world that the Nazi War machine was unstoppable. But as Lloyd Clark, a leading British military historian and academic, argues in Blitzkrieg, much of our understanding of this victory, and blitzkrieg itself, is based on myth. The tactic was not really new, and far from being a forgone victory, Hitler's invasion was incredibly risky and could easily have failed had the Allies been even slightly less inept or the Germans less fortunate. And while speed and mechanization were essential, 90 percent of Germany's ground forces were still reliant on horses, bicycles, and their own feet for transportation. Their surprise victory proved the apex of their achievement; far from being undefeatable, Clark argues, the campaign revealed Germany's vulnerabilities, lessons not learned by Hitler as he began to plan for the invasion of the Soviet Union. A definitive history of the events of 1940, Blitzkrieg is Lloyd Clark at his best.--Dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Clark, Lloyd
- Dewey number
- 940.54/0943
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D757
- LC item number
- .C595 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hitler, Adolf
- Hitler, Adolf
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Lightning war
- HISTORY
- Lightning war
- Military campaigns
- France
- Germany
- Label
- Blitzkrieg : myth, reality, and Hitler's lightning war-- France, 1940, Lloyd Clark
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-436) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ingredients -- Plans -- Final preparations -- 10 May : forward -- 11-12 May : to the Meuse -- 13 May : crossing the Meuse -- 14-15 May : counter-attacks and exploitation -- 16-20 May : crisis of command and the coast -- 21-24 May : Arras, Weygand and the halt order -- 25 May-4 June : withdrawal and evacuation -- 5-8 June : Fall Rot and resilience -- 9-22 June : driving south, Paris and armistice
- Control code
- ocn939426687
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xx, 457 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802125132
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o939426687
- (OCoLC)939426687
- Label
- Blitzkrieg : myth, reality, and Hitler's lightning war-- France, 1940, Lloyd Clark
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-436) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ingredients -- Plans -- Final preparations -- 10 May : forward -- 11-12 May : to the Meuse -- 13 May : crossing the Meuse -- 14-15 May : counter-attacks and exploitation -- 16-20 May : crisis of command and the coast -- 21-24 May : Arras, Weygand and the halt order -- 25 May-4 June : withdrawal and evacuation -- 5-8 June : Fall Rot and resilience -- 9-22 June : driving south, Paris and armistice
- Control code
- ocn939426687
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xx, 457 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802125132
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o939426687
- (OCoLC)939426687
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