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Anatomy of a campaign : the British fiasco in Norway, 1940 /
Senior military commander assesses the reasons behind the ignominious failure of the British campaign in Norway in 1940.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Edición: | 1st edition. |
| Colección: | Cambridge military histories.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title ; Series information ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of Figures ; List of Maps ; British Operations ; List of Abbreviations ; 1 Introduction ; Genesis ; Norway ; The Strategy Makers.
- 2 'A Legitimate Side-Show' 3 Deciding to Decide ; 4 Warning Signs ; 5 'The Major Project' ; 6 'Hare-Brained' ; 7 Taking Stock ; 8 Weserübung ; 9 'Something Must Be Done' ; 10 The Jigsaw Puzzle ; 11 'Completely Outwitted' ; 12 'Boldness Is Required' ; 13 'An Even Greater Prize'
- Would it have succeeded? 14 Maurice ; 15 Sickle ; 16 'We Must Get Out' ; 17 The Third Dimension ; 18 'In the Name of God, Go!' ; 19 'A Good Dividend'? ; 20 'No Time to Lose' ; 21 The Long Retreat ; 22 Finale ; 23 Conclusions.
- What, though, of the reasons for British campaign failure? So where does the responsibility for campaign failure lie? ; Appendix A Operational Code Names ; Appendix B Who's Who (September 1939-June 1940) ; Abbreviations Used in the Endnotes ; Notes ; Preface ; Chapter 1 ; Chapter 2.