Western Front (World War II): Difference between revisions

==== The "lightning war" ====

In [[1940]], with a consistent failure to negotiate armistice terms, Hitler launched the ''[[Blitzkrieg]]'', a "[[lightning]] war" against Western Europe, commanded by himself with Generals [[Heinz Guderian]] and [[Erwin Rommel]] at the front line. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') ''Blitzkrieg'' tactics risked problems with supply lines and the potential for attackers to find themselves cut off and surrounded if they pushed too far ahead. However, it was initially to prove very effective, with the Germans throwing every man, plane, ship, tank and armoured vehicle possible at the enemy in overwhelming force and speed to smash the Allied defences. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'') The Germans conquered [[Denmark]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Human Conflict (audio story)|Human Conflict]]'') and [[Norway]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Their Finest Hour (audio story)|Their Finest Hour]]'') In [[May]], Britain, France, Belgium and [[Holland]] all faced the might of the German forces who benefited greatly from Hitler's command, augmented by his control of the Timewyrm. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)|Timewyrm: Exodus]]'') Among them was the [[British Expeditionary Force]], consisting of nearly half a million men. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Nemonite Invasion (audio story)|The Nemonite Invasion]]'')