493 HITLER'S BLITZKRIEG ENEMIES 1940: Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium

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The armies of Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and Belgium bore the crushing impact of Hitler's mighty Blitzkrieg war machine in Western Europe in a campaign that astonished and terrified the world.

The German Wehrmacht was millions strong, equipped with the latest guns, tanks, and aircraft, and had the priceless advantage of having learned the realities of modern warfare in Poland. The defenders of Scandinavia and the Low Countries were raised from small populations and inadequately funded, trained, and equipped. Their modest numbers, inexperience, and largely indefensible borders condemned them to rapid defeat.

For this reason they have tended to be neglected by history - in many cases, unjustly. Vastly outnumbered - and, in the case of the neutral Low Countries, with their potential French and British allies reeling under simultaneous attacks - thousands of soldiers fought heroically in the hopeless defense of their homelands against the Nazi juggernaut.

Contents
* Introduction
* The Danish Army: organization, battle record, uniforms and insignia
* The Norwegian Army: organization, battle record, uniforms and insignia
* The Royal Netherlands Army: organization, battle record, uniforms and insignia
* The Belgian Army: organization, battle record, uniforms and insignia
* Bibliography
* Plate commentaries
* Index