Hitler's pre-emptive war
Subtitle: the battle for Norway, 1940
By: by Henrik O. Lunde
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 590
ISBN-13: 9781932033922
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Allied plans-flawed, inadequate, and hesitant; title: German plans-bold, imaginative, and reckless; title: Ignored warnings-ships passing in the night; title: Narvik area defenses; title: The German attack on Narvik; title: Destroyer Battle; title: Confusion and disarray; title: Beachhead consolidation and second naval battle; title: The Narvik front, April 13-26; title: Campaigns in the South; title: The Norwegian-French offensive, April 29-May 12; title: 2nd mountain division to the rescue; title: The Bjerkvik landing and the mountain offensive; title: The loss of Nordland Province; title: The week that lost the campaign-strained relations; title: Time runs out; title: Evacuation, armistice, and disaster.