Germany and the Second World War
By: edited by the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History)
Contributors: Germany (West). Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 799
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany; Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
Work titles: Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. English
Description: This is the second in the comprehensive ten-volume Germany and the Second World War. The five volumes so far published in German take the story to the end of 1941, and have achieved international acclaim as a major contribution to historical study. Under the auspices of the Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History), a team of renowned historians has combined a full synthesis of existing material with the latest research to produce what will be the definitive history of the Second World War. This volume surveys the first year of the war deliberately begun by Nazi Germany. The authors examine the train of interconnected political and military events, and set military operations against the background of Hitler's war policy and general aims, both immediate and long term. The authors show that the conflict took a course quite different from that which Hitler had intended, but nevertheless resulted in a series of conquests for the Third Reich.
Notes: Translation of: Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg

Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The build-up of German aggression / Wilhelm Deist ... [et al.]; title: v. 3. The Mediterranean, south-east Europe, and north Africa 1939-1941 / Gerhard Schreiber ... [et al.]; title: v. 4. The attack on the Soviet Union / Horst Boog ... [et al.]; title: v.5 Organization and mobilization of the German sphere of power pt.2. Wartime administration, economy, and manpower resources 1942-1944/45