Ryan K. Noppen is a military author and consultant originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan and holds a Master of Arts degree in European History from Purdue University. He has worked as a naval and aviation subject matter expert on projects for the US Navy, taught college courses in military history, and has served as the headmaster of a Classical grammar school. A scholar of Dutch, German, and Central European military history, he has published a major history of Dutch air power and has written several titles for Osprey. He lives in California, USA.

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• INTRODUCTIONThe Dutch defencesFallschirmjäger and Luftlande troopsATTACKER’S CAPABILITIESLuftflotte 2 in the Holland operationFighter cover for airborne operationsStrike capabilitiesThe transportsORDER OF BATTLE – 10 MAY 1940DEFENDER’S CAPABILITIESThe Dutch defencesDutch military aircraft in the 1930sWar loomsORDER OF BATTLE – 10 MAY 1940CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVESUnternehmen F THE CAMPAIGNFive costly daysOperations on 10 May 1940Operations from 11 to 14 May 1940ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

Ryan K. Noppen is a military author and consultant originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan and holds a Master of Arts degree in European History from Purdue University. He has worked as a naval and aviation subject matter expert on projects for the US Navy, taught college courses in military history, and has served as the headmaster of a Classical grammar school. A scholar of Dutch, German, and Central European military history, he has published a major history of Dutch air power and has written several titles for Osprey. He lives in California, USA.

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• INTRODUCTIONThe Dutch defencesFallschirmjäger and Luftlande troopsATTACKER’S CAPABILITIESLuftflotte 2 in the Holland operationFighter cover for airborne operationsStrike capabilitiesThe transportsORDER OF BATTLE – 10 MAY 1940DEFENDER’S CAPABILITIESThe Dutch defencesDutch military aircraft in the 1930sWar loomsORDER OF BATTLE – 10 MAY 1940CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVESUnternehmen F THE CAMPAIGNFive costly daysOperations on 10 May 1940Operations from 11 to 14 May 1940ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX

Ryan K. Noppen is a military author and consultant originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan and holds a Master of Arts degree in European History from Purdue University. He has worked as a naval and aviation subject matter expert on projects for the US Navy, taught college courses in military history, and has served as the headmaster of a Classical grammar school. A scholar of Dutch, German, and Central European military history, he has published a major history of Dutch air power and has written several titles for Osprey. He lives in California, USA.

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• INTRODUCTIONThe Dutch defencesFallschirmjäger and Luftlande troopsATTACKER’S CAPABILITIESLuftflotte 2 in the Holland operationFighter cover for airborne operationsStrike capabilitiesThe transportsORDER OF BATTLE – 10 MAY 1940DEFENDER’S CAPABILITIESThe Dutch defencesDutch military aircraft in the 1930sWar loomsORDER OF BATTLE – 10 MAY 1940CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVESUnternehmen F THE CAMPAIGNFive costly daysOperations on 10 May 1940Operations from 11 to 14 May 1940ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX