May 1940 the battle for the Netherlands /

May 1940 the battle for the Netherlands / [electronic resource] : edited by Herman Amersfoort and Piet Kamphuis. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - x, 462 p. : ill., maps (some col.). - History of warfare, v. 57 1385-7827 ; . - History of warfare ; v. 57. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.


Translated from the Dutch.

9789004187276 (electronic bk.)




World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Netherlands.


Electronic books.

D763.N4 / M39 2010

940.54/2192