Why Germany nearly won
Subtitle: a new history of the Second World War in Europe
By: Steven D. Mercatante
Series: War, technology, and history
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780313395925; 9780313395932
Subjects: Campaigns; Armed Forces; Technology; World War, 1939-1945; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Key to Military Symbols; title: pt. 1. The German War Machine on the Eve of War : Myth vs. Reality; title: The Third Reich Ascendant : The Reasons Why; title: pt. 2. Comparing the World's First Military Superpowers on the Eve of War; title: History's Bloodiest Conflict Begins; title: An Inconvenient Decision Confronts Germany's Masters of War; title: Another Role of the Dice; title: Stalingrad in Context; title: The European War's Periphery; title: Seizing the Initiative : The Sword vs. the Shield; title: pt. 3. A New Perspective for Explaining D-Day's Outcome; title: Hitler's Greatest Defeat; title: How the Third Reich Staved off Total Defeat during the Summer of '44; title: End Game.