Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk
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Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk is 1979
a military history
book by Len Deighton
.
's victory in 1940 in the Western Campaign. Deighton points out that allies had far greater resources than the Germans. Deighton considers Hitler's military skills astonishing considering his background and complete lack of training (p. 52).
Literally meaning "Lightning War", Blitzkrieg
is the tactic of speed and the avoidance of unnecessary conflict, which were the keys to the rapid German advance.
The foreword is by general Walter Nehring, formerly Heinz Guderian
's chief of staff.
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a military history
Military history
Military history is a humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, their cultures, economies and changing intra and international relationships....
book by Len Deighton
Len Deighton
Leonard Cyril Deighton is a British military historian, cookery writer, and novelist. He is perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRESS File, which was made into a film starring Michael Caine....
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The book explains Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
's victory in 1940 in the Western Campaign. Deighton points out that allies had far greater resources than the Germans. Deighton considers Hitler's military skills astonishing considering his background and complete lack of training (p. 52).
Literally meaning "Lightning War", Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg
For other uses of the word, see: Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg is an anglicized word describing all-motorised force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power, concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to break through enemy lines, and, once the lines are broken,...
is the tactic of speed and the avoidance of unnecessary conflict, which were the keys to the rapid German advance.
The foreword is by general Walter Nehring, formerly Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was a German general during World War II. He was a pioneer in the development of armored warfare, and was the leading proponent of tanks and mechanization in the Wehrmacht . Germany's panzer forces were raised and organized under his direction as Chief of Mobile Forces...
's chief of staff.
Contents
- Part 1: Hitler and his army
- Part 2: Hitler at war.
- Part 3: Blitzkrieg:Weapons and methods.
- Part 4 : The battle for the river MeuseMeuseMeuse is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse.-History:Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
. - Part 5: The flawed victory.
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Len Deighton's Blitzkrieg computer game was published by AriolasoftAriolasoftAriolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records...
for the Commodore 64Commodore 64The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
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