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Title May 1940 [electronic resource] : the battle for the Netherlands / edited by Herman Amersfoort and Piet Kamphuis.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Description x, 462 p. : ill., maps (some col.).
Series History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 57
History of warfare ; v. 57.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The emergence of the German threat / H.W. van den Doel -- Between hope and fear : the Netherlands Armed Forces in the interwar period / C.M. Schulten and P.M.J. de Koster -- The gathering storm : the German Armed Forces in the interwar period / J.W.M. Schulten -- The generals' duel : five days of war at the military strategic level / H. Amersfoort and J.W.M. Schulten -- "Fall festung" : a surprise attack on The Hague / C.M. Schulten -- Disputed territory : the battle in the Dutch provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant, and Zeeland / H.W. van den Doel -- The Field Army defeated : the battle for the Grebbe Line / H.W. van den Doel -- "Vorwarts denken, vorwarts sehen, vorwarts reiten!" : the battle in the northern provinces / P.H. Kamphuis -- Not a bridge too far : the battle for the Moerdijk bridges, Dordrecht, and Rotterdam / H.W. van den Doel -- Myth and reality / H. Amersfoort -- Annex: Table of land forces rank equivalents.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Language Translated from the Dutch.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Netherlands.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Amersfoort, H. (Hermanus), 1951-
Kamphuis, P. H.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004184381 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004184384 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9789004187276 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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