Hitler's Preemptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940

by Henrik O. Lunde

Book Overview

A thorough examination of one of history's revolutionary campaigns . . .
After Hitler conquered Poland, and while still fine-tuning his plans against France, the British began to exert control of the coastline of neutral Norway, an action that threatened to cut off Germany's iron-ore conduit to Sweden and outflank from the start its hegemony on the Continent.

The Germans quickly responded with a dizzying series of assaults, using every tool...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932033920
• ISBN13: 9781932033922
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"