Title: The Path to Blitzkrieg
Subtitle: Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920-1939
First published: 1999
Description: In the wake of World War I, the German army lay in ruins--defeated in the war, sundered by domestic upheaval, and punished by the Treaty of Versailles. A mere twenty years later, Germany possessed one of the finest military machines in the world, capable of launching a stunning blitzkrieg attack against Poland in 1939. Well-known military historian Robert M. Citino shows how Germany accomplished this astonishing reversal and developed the doctrine, tactics, and technologies that its military would use to devastating effect in World War II.
Subjects: Campaigns, Tactics, World War, 1939-1945, Military doctrine, Lightning war, Military policy, History, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, eastern front, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, russian, Germany, military policy, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, western front, Germany, history, 1918-1933, Germany, heer
Places: Germany, Europe
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: D757 .C58 1999