BLITZKRIEG LEGEND: THE 1940 CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST

Here, for the first time in English, is an illuminating new German perspective on the decisive Blitzkrieg campaign of 1940. Karl-Heinz Frieser's account provides the definitive explanation for Germany's startling success and the equally surprising and rapid military collapse of France and Britain on the European continent. First published in 1995 as the official German history of the 1940 campaign in the West, the book goes beyond standard explanations to show that German victory was not inevitable and French defeat was preordained. This study explodes many of the myths concerning German Blitzkrieg warfare and the planning for the 1940 campaign. It is a ground-breaking new interpretation of a topic that has long interested students of military history.