Blitzkrieg in the West

Indhold:1. At War again: Peace for our time; The Allies and Poland; France's Saar Offensive; The Maginot Line; The Allied Strategy; Belgium sits on the fence; Plan Dyle; The BEF lands; The German strategy; The opposing forces. 2. Fall Gelb: Code-word: Danzig; The Brandenburg operations; The swoop on Fort Eben Emael; Airborne assaults in the Ardennes; The Allied moves forward; The fight for the Netherlands; The 6th Armee in Belgium: the feint; The 4th Armee on the Meuse; The 12th Armee on the Meuse. 3. The Break-out: The XV. Armeekorps and the 9eme Armee; Grupp von Kleist and the 2eme Armee; The end of the 9eme Armee; Sichelschnitt; Enlarging the breach; Thulin; The 4eme DCR: threat from the south; Gort favours evacuation; The Weygand Plan; Belgian Forts; The 7eme Armee on the Somme; The Abbeville bridgehead; The final withdrawal; The BEF withdrawal to the coats; Dunkirk, the evacuation.