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Fall Gelb 1940 2: 2: Airborne Assault on the Low Countries Free FREE FALL GELB 1940 2: 2: AIRBORNE ASSAULT ON THE LOW COUNTRIES PDF Doug Dildy | 96 pages | 20 Jan 2015 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781472802743 | English | Oxford, United Kingdom Fall Gelb (2): Airborne assault on the Low Countries by Douglas C. Dildy Good introduction to a surprisingly little-written about campaign in English at least. Covers most of the areas of interest and is particularly good on the campaign in the Netherlands and the first mass use of the paratrooper arm. Fall Gelb 2 : Airborne assault on the Low Countries. Douglas C. The assault was audacious; it relied on speed, feinting and manoeuvre as much as superior force, and in the end these qualities were to prove decisive to German success. Featuring vivid illustrations, illuminative bird's eye views and maps, this book charts the unfolding of an unprecedented 'lightning war', which saw the first ever airborne assault at a strategic level, and the largest clash of armour to date. Never in the history of warfare had the clash between such large, powerful, and apparently equal forces been decided so swiftly and conclusively. Doug has authored several campaign studies as well as several articles covering the Dutch, Danish and Norwegian air arms' defence against the German invasions of for notable US aviation history magazines. He is a regular contributor to the amateur modelling magazine Small Air Forces Observer. Peter Dennis was born in Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey Fall Gelb 1940 2: 2: Airborne Assault on the Low Countries. Fall Gelb (2) : Airborne assault on the Low Countries - - After the Franco-British counter-attack at the Battle of Arras Fall Gelb 1940 2: 2: Airborne Assault on the Low Countries 21 May, German units were held ready to resist a resumption of the attack on 22 May. An attack by part of XIX Corps was not ordered until p. The Guards had time to dig in around the port before the 2nd Panzer Divisionwhich Fall Gelb 1940 2: 2: Airborne Assault on the Low Countries been delayed by French troops at Samerattacked the perimeter held by the Irish Guards at around p. The Welsh Guards front was attacked at p. At dawn on 23 May, the German attacks resumed, eventually pushing the defenders back into the town. Royal Navy ships shot their way into and out of the harbour; French and British destroyers bombarded German positions as wounded and non- combatants were embarked and a navy demolition party landed. During a lull in the afternoon of 23 May, the Luftwaffe bombed the harbour, despite being intercepted by RAF fighters. At p. The French defenders above the lower town could not be contacted and only in the morning of 24 May did General Lanquetot realise that the British had gone. The French and the remaining British troops held out until 25 May and then surrendered. Guderian wrote that the halt order and the retention of considerable forces to guard against Allied counter-attacks, forfeited an opportunity quickly to capture the Channel Ports and destroy the Allied forces in northern France and Belgium. An advance on Dunkirk began on 23 May but the next day was halted until 27 May; Dunkirk was not captured until 4 June, by when, most of the BEF and many French and Belgian troops had escaped. Boulogne is at the mouth of the fast-flowing River Lianewhich meanders through a valley. The rolling hills make for hidden approaches to the port and offer commanding high ground to an attacker, particularly the Mont St. Lambert ridge. Fall Gelb 1940 2: 2: Airborne Assault on the Low Countries leave for BEF troops began in December, Boulogne came into use for communication and for troop movements. Within a few days, the Germans achieved a breakthrough against the centre of the French front near Sedan and drove westwards down the valley of the River Somme. As the BEF withdrew through Belgium into northern France, fewer supply troops were needed as the lines of communication shortened. The defence of Boulogne was the responsibility of the French Navy Marine Nationalewhich had a garrison of 1, men in the 19th- century forts of the port, commanded by Capitaine de Vaisseau Dutfoy de Mont de Benque. The Channel Ports became the only means of supply and if necessary, evacuation, for the Allies. Dutfoy ordered his men to disable the coastal artillery in the forts and to head for the harbour for evacuation; the orders were amplified by other officers. Dutfoy left for Dunkirk in the early hours and discipline broke down, a naval store was broken into and the looters drank the contents. Poher decamped at a. Some of Dutfoy's men contacted Vice-Admiral Marcel Leclercthe deputy commander of Dunkirk, who ordered the remaining guns to be preserved for the defence of the town. On a visit to Boulogne early on 22 May, Leclerc ordered the sailors to fight it out and wait for relief by the French and British armies. A detachment of Royal Marines arrived in Boulogne in the early morning of 21 May. Further British reinforcements, including a regiment of cruiser tankswere expected from Calais on the following day. Fox-Pitt deployed his men on the high ground outside the town, liaising with Lanquetot who organised the French troops in the town. The Irish Guards held the right flank to the south-west from the river at St. The 2nd Panzer Division formed two columns, one to circle round the town and attack from the north. The southern column made contact first in the early afternoon of 22 May, against the headquarters company of the French 48th Infantry Regiment, the only troops of the 21st Division who were between the Germans and Boulogne. The French clerks, drivers and signallers set up two 75 mm field guns and two 25 mm anti-tank guns to cover the cross-roads at Nesleswhere they delayed the Germans for almost two hours, until they were outflanked. The Irish knocked out the leading German tank and repulsed later attacks despite the Germans overrunning one of their forward platoons. In the early hours, the Germans attacked the Welsh Guards positions along the coast from the north-east as they began to envelop the town but were forced back each time. Only a few troops of the 21st Infantry Division were able take up its blocking positions near Desvres before the German advance reached them. The possibility of reinforcement from Calais was thwarted by the appearance of German armour at the northern perimeter. Fox-Pitt realised that he would have to defend the port with only the two Guards battalions and the assorted French and British troops already there. The men of the AMPC force were rushed into the gap between the two Guards battalions and another were sent to reinforce the Welsh Guards. The anti-aircraft gunners guarding the southern roads destroyed two German tanks with their 3. The Germans began a pincer attack on the positions of the Welsh and Irish Guards Fall Gelb 1940 2: 2: Airborne Assault on the Low Countries by a. Fox-Pitt received orders from Vimy to hold Boulogne at all costs, as his radio contact with England had been lost earlier in the day. The commander of the 2nd Panzer Division found that the British and French in Boulogne were "fighting tenaciously for every inch of ground" and could not tell if the British were evacuating or reinforcing the port. Frondeur was hit and disabled by Stuka dive bombers of I. With German artillery having the advantage of observed fire to sweep the docks, he sent a message to London saying "situation grave". Fox-Pitt decided to continue with the AMPC evacuation while the Guards conducted a fighting withdrawal to the harbour but communication with the British troops on the perimeter was only possible by dispatch rider. The bridges held by the Guards were demolished by the Royal Engineers before the Irish Guards barricaded the streets with vehicles and withdrew to the harbour. Armed only with rifles, the pioneers had hoped to obstruct the Fall Gelb 1940 2: 2: Airborne Assault on the Low Countries with makeshift roadblock barricades and claimed to have destroyed one tank by igniting petrol under it. Dean used his reserves to relieve two forward posts which had become isolated, resulting in fierce hand-to-hand fighting. With Germans in positions overlooking the harbour the Guards and the ships engaged in a duel with the German artillery. German tanks advancing towards the quayside were knocked out by the 4. Fires broke out on the ship but it was reversed out and made way for Venomous and Wild Swan which also departed in reverse, Venomous steering with its engines as the rudder had jammed. On clearing the harbour, the captain signalled that there were still British troops requiring evacuation and Vimiera was sent back, arriving in Boulogne at a. The quayside was deserted but when the captain called out by loud hailer many men appeared from hiding; the crew managed to squeeze them aboard. When Vimiera arrived at Dover at a. The companies split into smaller groups and tried a break-out to the north-east. When he discovered the disaster that had befallen his division, he organised the defence of the town as best he could. German attacks on the town at p. The French Navy continued its fire support but Fougueux and Chacal were damaged by the Luftwaffe ; Chacal was sunk the next day by Fall Gelb 1940 2: 2: Airborne Assault on the Low Countries artillery.
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