Blitzkrieg

Author: (English) Adrian Gilbert, Kong Yani... (and others)
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Publishing Date: 2002-06-01
Features: Hundreds of rare historical images arranged in a new way, exclusively published, expertly written war history descriptions, vividly depicts the thrilling battlefields, unique perspective, vividly recreates the complex fate of humanity about this book From 1939 to 1943, Germany's campaigns in Europe and North Africa marked a new era in warfare. Guided by the Blitzkrieg theory, which could exert devastating influence, the German army successively conquered Poland, Norway, and the Low Countries as well as France; and achieved decisive victories against the British in North Africa. Blitzkrieg details the major campaigns fought in Europe and North Africa, starting from Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939, to the Battle of El Alamein from October to November 1942, and finally the Allied North African landing that drove out the German Afrika Korps. In addition to authoritative historical discussions, the book features over 250 carefully selected color or black-and-white photographs, all from the campaigns recorded in the book. Blitzkrieg strives to comprehensively explain the steps of Germany's aggressive warfare in the 1930s, the situation between Germany and the Allied forces in 1939, and the "Blitzkrieg" tactics that made Germany seemingly invincible in battle. The campaigns covered include......