May 1940
Subtitle: the battle for the Netherlands
By: edited by Piet Kamphuis and Herman Amersfoort.
Contributors: Kamphuis, P. H.; Amersfoort, H. 1951-
Series: History of warfare -- v. 57
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9789004184381
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Netherlands
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The emergence of the German threat / H.W. van den Doel; title: Between hope and fear : the Netherlands Armed Forces in the interwar period / C.M. Schulten and P.M.J. de Koster; title: The gathering storm : the German Armed Forces in the interwar period / J.W.M. Schulten; title: The generals' duel : five days of war at the military strategic level / H. Amersfoort and J.W.M. Schulten; title: "Fall festung"  : a surprise attack on The Hague / C.M. Schulten; title: Disputed territory : the battle in the Dutch provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant, and Zeeland / H.W. van den Doel; title: The Field Army defeated : the battle for the Grebbe Line / H.W. van den Doel; title: "Vorwarts denken, vorwarts sehen, vorwarts reiten!" : the battle in the northern provinces / P.H. Kamphuis; title: Not a bridge too far : the battle for the Moerdijk bridges, Dordrecht, and   Rotterdam / H.W. van den Doel; title: Myth and reality / H. Amersfoort; title: Annex: Table of land forces rank equivalents.