Hitler's northern war
Subtitle: the Luftwaffe's ill-fated campaign, 1940-1945
By: Adam R.A. Claasen.
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Norway.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German.; Norway -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
Description: "Adolf Hitler had high hopes for his conquest of Norway, a country that had great symbolic and strategic value for the Fuhrer. Despite early successes, however, his ambitious northern campaign foundered and ultimately failed. Adam Claasen for the first time reveals the full story of this neglected episode and shows how it helped doom the Third Reich to defeat." "Claasen's study covers every aspect of this ill-fated campaign from the 1940 invasion until war's end and shows how it was eventually relegated to a backwater status as Germany fought to survive in an increasingly unwinnable war. His compelling account sharpens our picture of the German air force and widens our understanding of the Third Reich's way of war."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-327) and index.