Physical Description
xii, 388 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : design for disaster
Plans of a demagogue
The road to war
A new Wehrmacht
Anschluss of Austria
Nightmare at Munich
And next came Poland . . .
Hitler starts his war
The phony war
Norway
A stroll on the Champs-Elysées
The battle of Britain-I
The battle of Britain-II
Striking south
Prelude to disaster
The drums of Africa
America enters
The Russian winter
Stalingrad-I
The rise of Rommel
Stalingrad-II
Defeat in the desert
Stalingrad-III
Thunder in the west
Cracks in the columns
Cross-channel attack
Summer of despair
Thunder from the east
Defense in the East
The west wall breached
ISBN
0070306222
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 379-380.
Introduction : design for disaster -- Plans of a demagogue -- The road to war -- A new Wehrmacht -- Anschluss of Austria -- Nightmare at Munich -- And next came Poland . . . -- Hitler starts his war -- The phony war -- Norway -- A stroll on the Champs-Elysées -- The battle of Britain-I -- The battle of Britain-II -- Striking south -- Prelude to disaster -- The drums of Africa -- America enters -- The Russian winter -- Stalingrad-I -- The rise of Rommel -- Stalingrad-II -- Defeat in the desert -- Stalingrad-III -- Thunder in the west -- Cracks in the columns -- Cross-channel attack -- Summer of despair -- Thunder from the east -- Defense in the East -- The west wall breached --
