LEADER 03744nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910459594503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-95267-6 010 $a9786612952678 010 $a90-04-18727-8 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004184381.i-468 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066627 035 $a(EBL)634972 035 $a(OCoLC)697174422 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000439462 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11281009 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439462 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10464168 035 $a(PQKB)11109397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC634972 035 $a(OCoLC)501404178 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004187276 035 $a(PPN)174391455 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL634972 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10439204 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL295267 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066627 100 $a20100119d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun| uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMay 1940$b[electronic resource] $ethe battle for the Netherlands /$fedited by Herman Amersfoort and Piet Kamphuis 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (496 p.) 225 1 $aHistory of warfare,$x1385-7827 ;$vv. 57 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-18438-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aIn May 1940, the Netherlands were overrun by German armed forces. The five-day campaign might seem to be a prime example of Blitzkrieg , which led shortly afterwards to the rapid and unexpected overthrow of France. This book, based on the newest scholarly research, argues that this is too simple a view. Even though the German assault on the Netherlands made use of tanks, aircraft and airborne troops, it was still a classic campaign against a weak opponent in a theater on the margins of Fall Gelb . In many instances, artillery and infantry were the decisive factors and it is debatable whether the bombing of Rotterdam can be seen as a precursor to the aerial terror campaigns against civilian populations that marked the later stages the Second World War. Contributors are H. Amersfoort, H.W. van den Doel, P.H. Kamphuis, P.M.J. de Koster, C.M. Schulten and J.W.M. Schulten. 410 0$aHistory of warfare ;$vv. 57. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zNetherlands 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/2192 701 $aAmersfoort$b H$g(Hermanus),$f1951-$0910959 701 $aKamphuis$b P. H$0910960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459594503321 996 $aMay 1940$92039197 997 $aUNINA