The Wehrmacht
Subtitle: the German Army in World War II, 1939-1945
By: Tim Ripley
Series: Great armies of history; Great armies of history
Publisher: Brown Reference Group
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781840441376
Subjects: History; World War, 1939-1945; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Germany. Heer; Germany
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Creating the Machine; title: Genesis of the War Machine; title: Blitzkrieg: Myth and Reality; title: pt. II. The Years of Attack; title: Honing the Weapon; title: The Campaign in Norway; title: Western Triumph; title: Hitler's Balkan Interlude; title: The North African War; title: The Eastern Front 1941-42; title: The Eastern Front 1942; title: pt. III. The Nature of the Army; title: Hitler at War; title: High Command; title: Junior Commanders; title: The Rank and File; title: The Army and Nazism; title: pt. IV. The Years of Defense; title: Triumph of Improvisation; title: Defense in the East 1943-45; title: Arming Hitler's Army; title: Partisan War; title: The Army and the Waffen-SS; title: Fighting the Materialschlacht; title: Valor not Enough; title: The Legacy of Wehrmacht; title: App. Early Panzer Divisions; title: App. Later Panzer Divisions; title: App. Panzergremadier Divisions; title: App. Motorized Infantry Divisions; title: App. Infantry Divisions; title: App. Volksgrenadier Divisions; title: App. Waffen-SS Panzer Divisions; title: App. Divisional Strengths; title: App. Tanks Strength of Panzer Divisions.; title: App. German Tank Strengths; title: App. Anti-Tank Tactics; title: App. German Ranks; title: App. Rank Equivalents; title: App. Casualty Figures.