Overview

This is the second in the comprehensive ten-volume Germany and the Second World War. The volumes so far published have achieved international acclaim as a major contribution to historical study. Under the auspices of the Militärgeschichtliches 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.Germany's Initial Conquests in Europe 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. Their comprehensive analysis, based on detailed scholarly research, is underpinned by a full apparatus of maps, diagrams, and tables. 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. At the same time, the establishment of hegemony on the European continent confronted the aggressor with new problems.Intensively researched and documented, Germany and the Second World War is an undertaking of unparalleled scope and authority. It will prove indispensable to all historians of the twentieth century.

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Author:   Klaus A. Maier ,  Horst Rohde ,  Bernd Stegemann ,  Hans Umbreit
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.682kg
ISBN:  

9780198738343

ISBN 10:   019873834
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   25 June 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Politics and warfare in the First Phase of the German OffensiveBernd Stegemann: Part II: Action Plans and Situation Assessments of the Luftwaffe and Navy before the Outbreak of War I: Klaus A. Maier: Total War and Operational Air Warfare II: Bernd Stegemann: Germany's Second Attempt to Become a Naval Power Part III: Hitler's First Blitzkrieg and its Consequences for North-eastern EuropeHorst Rohde: I: Germany and Poland in the Prelude to the Second World War II: Military Preparations for a German-Polish War III: The Course of the Polish Campaign from 1 September to 6 October 1939 IV: Consequences of the Military Events in the Autumn of 1939 V: Development of the Situation in North-Eastern Europe: Effects of the Hitler-Stalin Pact Part IV: The First Phase of the War at Sea up to the Spring of 1940Bernd Stegemann: I: The War in the Baltic II: The War in the North Sea and the Arctic in 1939 III: The Use of the Pocket Battleships against Enemy Shipping IV: The War in the North Sea and the Arctic in 1940 V: Preparations for the Campaign in the West VI: The Mine War VII: The Submarine War Part V: Securing the Northern Flank of Europe I: Klaus A. Maier: German Strategy II: Klaus A. Maier: Allied Strategy III: Bernd Stegemann: Operation Weserubung IV: Bernd Stegemann: Securing Germany's Political and Military Hold on the Occupied Territory Part VI: The Battle for Hegemony in Western EuropeHans Umbreit: I: Strategic Defence in the West II: Hitler's Decision to Attack the Western Powers III: Deployment and Strategy of the Western Powers until 10 May 1940 IV: Policies and Defence Efforts of the Neutral Countries: Belgium, Holland, and Luxemburg V: German Victory in Western Europe Part VII: The Operational Air War until the Battle of BritainKlaus A. Maier: Part VIII: The Second Phase of the war at sea (until the Spring of 1941)Bernd Stegemann: I: The Submarine War II: Co-Operation with the Luftwaffe III: Armed Merchant Raiders in the War Against Shipping IV: The Use of Large Surface Ships V: The Organization of the German Navy in the West Part IX: Direct Strategy Against Britain I: Hans Umbreit: Churchill's Determination to Continue the War II: Hans Umbreit: Plans and Preparations for a Landing in England III: Klaus A. Maier: The Battle of Britain IV: Hans Umbreit: The Return to an Indirect Strategy Against Britain Conclusion Bibliography

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'worth waiting for ... its contributors ... do a truly commendable job of analysing the receptivity of Germans to the martial spirit ... Handsomely produced and smoothly translated ... the first two installments of Germany and the Second World War can be warmly recommended to the broad readership they deserve.' Marilyn Shevin Coetzee, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, History, Summer 1992 `Volume 2 maintains the same high standard of scholarship, broad analysis of economic and political factors, and clear exposition as the first. ... An essential addition to all library collections.' Choice 'a fascinating volume ... As with volume I of the English edition, and the complete German version, this remains an indispensable contribution to its field.' John P. Fox, International Affairs, 1/92

'a fascinating volume ... As with volume I of the English edition, and the complete German version, this remains an indispensable contribution to its field.' John P. Fox, International Affairs, 1/92 'Volume 2 maintains the same high standard of scholarship, broad analysis of economic and political factors, and clear exposition as the first. ... An essential addition to all library collections.' Choice 'worth waiting for ... its contributors ... do a truly commendable job of analysing the receptivity of Germans to the martial spirit ... Handsomely produced and smoothly translated ... the first two installments of Germany and the Second World War can be warmly recommended to the broad readership they deserve.' Marilyn Shevin Coetzee, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, History, Summer 1992

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Project co-ordinated by the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt ; Translated from the German by Dean S. McMurray, and Ewald Osers ; Translation Editor: P. S. Falla

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