Blitzkrieg /
by Robert Wernick and the editors of Time-Life Books.
- Morristown, N.J. : Times Life Books, 1976.
- 208 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- World War II ; Time-Life books .
- 9(~)1939-45 (NLA) .
Includes index
Bibliogr. 204-205 p.
Contents: Hitler weather -- Season of blunders -- Iron hands of Scandinavia -- First blood in the West -- Deliverance at Dunkirk -- Fall of France -- Picture essays: Epochal weekend -- First flash of lightning war -- Frolic on the Western Front -- Winter war -- Brilliant exiles -- Passage of the Panzers -- War clouds over America -- Rushing to an army's rescue -- Aryans by the ton -- Dictator's dream tour -- Index.
First bite of Europe -- Close call at Salermo -- "See Naples and die"--Defiant mountains -- Obstacle course to Rome -- Pursuit to the Alps -- Picture essays: Sicily: Doorstep to Italy -- Rome under the German heel -- Heading 'em off at the pass -- Friends among the foe -- Menace to Italy's art -- Campaign's biggest battle -- France's awesome fighters -- Dictator on the run.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns Military campaigns