LEADER 02803cam a2200481 i 4500001 280320 005 20220415143853.0 008 210824s2020 ncuab b 001 0 eng 010 2020004658 035 (OCoLC)on1112263895 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dBDX |dOCLCF |dYDX |dOCL |dIUO 020 9781476674520 |qpaperback 020 1476674523 |qpaperback 020 |z9781476639529 |qelectronic book 042 pcc 043 e-gx---a-ja---e-it--- 050 00 D743 |b.A723 2020 049 LHMA 100 1 Arquilla, John, |eauthor. 245 10 Why the Axis lost : |ban analysis of strategic errors / |cJohn Arquilla ; foreword by Victor Davis Hanson. 264 1 Jefferson, North Carolina : |bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, |c[2020] 300 viii, 215 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c26 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 ""The factors leading to the defeat of the Axis Powers in World War II have been debated for decades. One prevalent view is that overwhelming Allied superiority in materials and manpower doomed the Axis. Another holds that key strategic and tactical blunders lost the war-from Hitler halting his panzers outside Dunkirk, allowing more than 300,000 trapped Allied soldiers to escape, to Admiral Yamamoto falling into the trap set by the U.S. Navy at Midway. Providing fresh perspective on the war, this study challenges both views and offers an alternative explanation: the Germans, Japanese and Italians made poor design choices in ships, planes, tanks and information security-before and during the war-that forced them to fight with weapons and systems that were too soon outmatched by the Allies'. The unprecedented arms race of World War II posed a fundamental "design challenge" the Axis powers sometimes met but never mastered."-Provided by publisher"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Strategy. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xEquipment and supplies. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zGermany. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zJapan. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zItaly. 650 7 Equipment and supplies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01352983 650 7 Military campaigns. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01710190 650 7 Strategy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01134406 651 7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 Italy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204565 651 7 Japan. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204082 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 700 1 Hanson, Victor Davis, |ewriter of foreword. 852 0 |bscstacks |hD743 |i.A723 2020