Author: Heinz Guuderian's Chief of Staff,
Title: Blitzkrieg from the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.
Description: NY, Knopf, 1980. 1st Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. Deighton writes of military matters with the same brilliance and authority he brings to hier best-selling thrillers. Hitler and his generals unleashing a new kind of warfare, characterized by unprecedented coordination of tanks, infantry, and aircraft, and above all by lightning speed: Nazi troops sweeping across a dazed Europe. Poland grabbed in 18 days, the Maginot Line breached, Frank and the Low Countries subdued, Britain exposed and alone. Deighton traces the idea, planning and realization of blitzkrieg from its roots in the aftermath of Versailles - a demoralized Germany psychologically ready for Hitler and his radical tactics. DJ tanned toward edges.

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