Hitler Strikes Poland
Subtitle: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, and Atrocity (Modern War Studies)
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780700612345
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; European history: Second World War; Second World War, 1939-1945; History: World; Military History - World War II; War Crimes And Criminals; History; History - Military / War; Germany; Poland; Lightning war; Eastern Europe - Poland; Europe - Germany; Military - World War II; World War, 1939-1945; Eastern Europe - General; Military - Strategy; Campaigns; National socialism
Description: Usually given short shrift in most histories of World War II, Hitler's invasion of Poland was more than a series of opening salvos; it was a testing ground for German brutalities to come. This is a comprehensive study of the campaign, including insights into its ideological underpinnings.