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The Blitzkrieg Legend
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Author : Karl-Heinz Frieser
language : en
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2013-01-15
The Blitzkrieg Legend written by Karl-Heinz Frieser and has been published by Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-15 with History categories.
Here, for the first time in English, is an illuminating German perspective on the decisive blitzkrieg campaign. The account, written by the German historian Karl-Heinz Frieser and edited by American historian John T. Greenwood, provides the definitive explanation for Germany’s startling success and the equally surprising military collapse of France and Britain on the European continent in 1940. In a little over a month, Germany defeated the Allies in battle, a task that had not been achieved in four years of brutal fighting during World War I. First published in 1995 as the official German history of the 1940 campaign, this book goes beyond standard explanations to show that the German victory was not inevitable and that French defeat was not preordained. Contrary to most accounts of the campaign, Frieser’s illustrates that the military systems of both Germany and France were solid and that their campaign plans were sound. The key to victory or defeat, Frieser argues, was the execution of operational plans—both preplanned and ad hoc—amid the eternal Clausewitzian combat factors of friction and the fog of war. He shows why, on the eve of the campaign, the British and French leaders had good cause to be confident and why many German generals were understandably concerned that disaster was looming for them. This study explodes many of the myths concerning German blitzkrieg warfare and the planning for the 1940 campaign. Frieser’s groundbreaking interpretation of the topic has been the subject of discussion since the German edition first appeared. This English translation is published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army.
The Blitzkrieg Legend
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Author : Karl-Heinz Frieser
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2013
The Blitzkrieg Legend written by Karl-Heinz Frieser and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Here, for the first time in English, is an illuminating German perspective on the decisive blitzkrieg campaign. The account, written by the German historian Karl-Heinz Frieser and edited by American historian John T. Greenwood, provides the definitive explanation for Germany's startling success and the equally surprising military collapse of France and Britain on the European continent in 1940. In a little over a month, Germany defeated the Allies in battle, a task that had not been achieved in four years of brutal fighting during World War I. First published in 1995 as the official German history of the 1940 campaign, this book goes beyond standard explanations to show that the German victory was not inevitable and that French defeat was not preordained. Contrary to most accounts of the campaign, Frieser's illustrates that the military systems of both Germany and France were solid and that their campaign plans were sound. The key to victory or defeat, Frieser argues, was the execution of operational plans--both preplanned and ad hoc--amid the eternal Clausewitzian combat factors of friction and the fog of war. He shows why, on the eve of the campaign, the British and French leaders had good cause to be confident and why many German generals were understandably concerned that disaster was looming for them. This study explodes many of the myths concerning German blitzkrieg warfare and the planning for the 1940 campaign. Frieser's groundbreaking interpretation of the topic has been the subject of discussion since the German edition first appeared. This English translation is published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army.
Blitzkrieg
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Author : Lloyd Clark
language : en
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Release Date : 2016-09-06
Blitzkrieg written by Lloyd Clark and has been published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with History categories.
A “masterly account” of the juggernaut offensive that conquered France—but also marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany in World War II (Kirkus Reviews). In the spring of 1940, the German forces launched an attack on France that combined superb intelligence, cutting edge strategy, and new technology—the blitzkrieg, or “lightning war.” In just six weeks, it would achieve what their fathers had failed to do in all four years of the First World War. It was a stunning victory. But here, leading British military historian and academic Lloyd Clark argues that much of our understanding of this victory is based on myth. Far from being a foregone conclusion, Hitler’s plan could easily have failed had the Allies been even slightly less inept or the Germans less fortunate. The Germans recognized that success depended not only on surprise, but also avoiding a protracted struggle for which they were not prepared—making defeat a very real possibility. Their surprise victory proved the apex of their achievement; far from being undefeatable, Clark argues, the Battle of France revealed Germany and its armed forces to be highly vulnerable. And Hitler dismissed this fact as he planned his next move—and greatest blunder: the invasion of the Soviet Union. In this eye-opening reassessment, complete with maps and illustrations, Clark “presents a well-balanced narrative that highlights the knife-edge victory of the German forces” and reveals how very close the Nazi war machine came to catastrophe in the early days of World War II (New York Journal of Books).
The Blitzkrieg Story
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Author : Charles Messenger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
The Blitzkrieg Story written by Charles Messenger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Lightning war categories.
Afsnit: The twenties - Decade of the theories - Three apostles of air power - Forging of a weapon - Dress rehearsals - The weapon is proved - Blitzkrieg meets its match. - The Anglo-American version and final german fling -The sword is handed on - Blitzkrieg-the future?
Strange Victory
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Author : Ernest R. May
language : en
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Release Date : 2015-07-28
Strange Victory written by Ernest R. May and has been published by Hill and Wang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-28 with History categories.
Ernest R. May's Strange Victory presents a dramatic narrative-and reinterpretation-of Germany's six-week campaign that swept the Wehrmacht to Paris in spring 1940. Before the Nazis killed him for his work in the French Resistance, the great historian Marc Bloch wrote a famous short book, Strange Defeat, about the treatment of his nation at the hands of an enemy the French had believed they could easily dispose of. In Strange Victory, the distinguished American historian Ernest R. May asks the opposite question: How was it that Hitler and his generals managed this swift conquest, considering that France and its allies were superior in every measurable dimension and considering the Germans' own skepticism about their chances? Strange Victory is a riveting narrative of those six crucial weeks in the spring of 1940, weaving together the decisions made by the high commands with the welter of confused responses from exhausted and ill-informed, or ill-advised, officers in the field. Why did Hitler want to turn against France at just this moment, and why were his poor judgment and inadequate intelligence about the Allies nonetheless correct? Why didn't France take the offensive when it might have led to victory? What explains France's failure to detect and respond to Germany's attack plan? It is May's contention that in the future, nations might suffer strange defeats of their own if they do not learn from their predecessors' mistakes in judgment.
Lightning War
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Author : Ronald E. Powaski
language : en
Publisher: Castle Books
Release Date : 2008-05
Lightning War written by Ronald E. Powaski and has been published by Castle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05 with History categories.
This is the dramatic story of the German defeat of the Allies in northern France and the Low Countries in 1940. Covering the campaign as a whole, it examines the issues from all sides, including those of the French, British, German and other involved nations.
Blitzkrieg And Bluff The Legend Of Nazi Invincibility
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Author : Erwin Christian Lessner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Blitzkrieg And Bluff The Legend Of Nazi Invincibility written by Erwin Christian Lessner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Germany categories.
The Blitzkrieg Myth
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Author : John Mosier
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2011-02-01
The Blitzkrieg Myth written by John Mosier and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.
Many military tactics during World War II were based on the assumption that new technologies would lead to decisive battlefield victories, demoralization of the enemy by intensive bombing, or even a quick surrender. Political and military leaders, Allies and Axis alike, believed that “blitzkrieg” was the best way to victory. But in The Blitzkrieg Myth, John Mosier argues that this was not the case. Mosier examines the major European campaigns, including Germany’s invasion of Poland in the fall of 1939 and the fall of France in 1940, and demonstrates that they were, in fact, not blitzkrieg victories. Mosier asserts that new technologies clashed with the realities of conventional military tactics, and battle outcomes often depended on traditional warfare, in this bold reassessment of the military history of World War II. John Mosier is the author of The Myth of the Great War. He is a professor of English at Loyola University in New Orleans. His background as a military historian dates from his role in developing an interdisciplinary curriculum for the study of the two World Wars, a program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. From 1989 to 1992, he edited the New Orleans Review. “Should be valued as essential reading on the great conflict.” — Washington Times
Punk Rock Blitzkrieg My Life As A Ramone
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Author : Marky Ramone
language : en
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Release Date : 2017-07-13
Punk Rock Blitzkrieg My Life As A Ramone written by Marky Ramone and has been published by Kings Road Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Enlightening' - Stephen King THE FINAL WORD ON THE GENIUS AND MISCHIEF OF THE RAMONES, TOLD BY THE MAN WHO KEPT THE BEAT – AND LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT. When punk rock reared its spiky head in the early seventies, Marc Bell had the best seat in the house. Already a young veteran of the prototype American metal band Dust, Bell took residence in artistic, seedy Lower Manhattan, where he played drums in bands that would shape rock music for decades to come, including Wayne County, who pioneered transsexual rock, and Richard Hell and the Voidoids, who directly inspired the entire early British punk scene. If punk has royalty, Marc became part of it in 1978 when he was anointed 'Marky Ramone' by Johnny, Joey, and Dee Dee of the iconoclastic Ramones. The band of tough misfits were a natural fit for Marky, who dressed punk before there was punk, and who brought with him his 'blitzkrieg' style of drumming, as well as the studio and stage experience the group needed to solidify its line-up. Together, they would change the world. From the cult film Rock 'n' Roll High School to 'I Wanna Be Sedated' to Marky's own struggles, Punk Rock Blitzkrieg is an authentic, unflinching, and always honest look at the people who reinvented rock music. And not a moment too soon.
Origins Of The Blitzkrieg
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Author : Shay Thomas
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2016-12-05
Origins Of The Blitzkrieg written by Shay Thomas and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with History categories.
Essay from the year 2013 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Ages of World Wars, grade: A, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Memorial University of Newfoundland), language: English, abstract: The Origins of the Blitzkrieg is a brief examination of the evolution of strategy and tactics that paved the way to one of the most successful styled campaigns in warfare. Popularly employed to devastating success in the Second World War, Blitzkrieg's history simply did not begin from the thinkers of the interwar period, its origins stem even further back. An extremely likely outcome during an era when both sides of the conflict struggled initially to make sense of new advanced weapons of war. This paper not only briefly examines the struggle of the Central Powers and Allies in trying to reconcile the many stalemates of the war, but also outlining coupled with analysis of the very foundations of what would later be pieced together in its totality as lightning war.