A major new history of the Third Reich that explores the German psyche
And when did Germans first realise that they were fighting a genocidal war? Drawing on a wealth of first-hand testimony, The German War is the first foray for many decades into how the German people experienced the Second World War.
For the stand made by the French Army along the Aisne and Somme, see Martin S. Alexander, “After Dunkirk: The French Army's Performance against 'Case Red', 25 May to 25 June 1940.” War in History, Vol. 14, No. 2 (2007), pp. 219-264.
Drawing upon Osprey Publishing's unique archive, this volume expertly weaves together the story of the development and deployment of Hitler's armies displayed alongside a stunning collection of original artwork and photographs to show the ...
This volume contains the most important contributions by distinguished historians who have thoroughly demolished this Wehrmacht myth.
On the basis of newly discovered documents from German archives, Terence Zuber presents a radically different picture of German war planning between 1871 and 1914, and concludes that, in fact, there never really was a `Schlieffen plan'.
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" This edition contains a new foreword by the distinguished World War I historian Jay Winter.
For Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives (short and lively) - wars that relied upon swift, powerful, and decisive military operations. Robert Citino takes...
Aftermath received wide acclaim and spent forty-eight weeks on the best-seller list in Germany when it was published there in 2019. It is the first history of Germany's national mentality in the immediate postwar years.
David Motadel provides the first comprehensive account of Berlin’s ambitious attempts to build an alliance with the Islamic world.