Blitzkrieg 1940
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the spring of 1940, Nazi Germany unleashed a military campaign so swift and devastating that it rewrote the rules of modern warfare — Blitzkrieg 1940 chronicles the lightning-fast German offensive that swept through Western Europe, crushing France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg in a matter of weeks and leaving the Allied powers in disarray. Ward Rutherford presents a rigorous and gripping account of the strategic brilliance and brutal efficiency behind Operation Fall Gelb, placing the reader at the heart of one of history's most consequential military operations. Rutherford's narrative illuminates the tactical innovation, armoured coordination, and air superiority that defined the Blitzkrieg doctrine, while also examining the catastrophic failures of Allied command and the human cost borne by soldiers and civilians alike. Underpinned by meticulous research and illustrated with period photography, this account stands as an essential study of how a single campaign reshaped the trajectory of the Second World War — and raises the haunting question of whether defeat was ever truly inevitable.
Author: Ward Rutherford
Format: Hardback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the spring of 1940, Nazi Germany unleashed a military campaign so swift and devastating that it rewrote the rules of modern warfare — Blitzkrieg 1940 chronicles the lightning-fast German offensive that swept through Western Europe, crushing France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg in a matter of weeks and leaving the Allied powers in disarray. Ward Rutherford presents a rigorous and gripping account of the strategic brilliance and brutal efficiency behind Operation Fall Gelb, placing the reader at the heart of one of history's most consequential military operations. Rutherford's narrative illuminates the tactical innovation, armoured coordination, and air superiority that defined the Blitzkrieg doctrine, while also examining the catastrophic failures of Allied command and the human cost borne by soldiers and civilians alike. Underpinned by meticulous research and illustrated with period photography, this account stands as an essential study of how a single campaign reshaped the trajectory of the Second World War — and raises the haunting question of whether defeat was ever truly inevitable.