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ISBN: PB: 9780300251463

Yale University Press

February 2020

480 pp.

23.5x15.6 cm

32 black&white illus., 10 maps

PB:
£12,99
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First Soldier

Hitler as Military Leader

After Germany's humiliating World War II defeat, numerous German generals published memoirs claiming that their country's brilliant military leadership had been undermined by the Fuhrer's erratic decision making. The author of three highly acclaimed books on the era, Stephen Fritz upends this characterization of Hitler as an ill-informed fantasist and demonstrates the ways in which his strategy was coherent and even competent.

That Hitler saw World War II as the only way to retrieve Germany's fortunes and build an expansionist Thousand-Year Reich is uncontroversial. But while his generals did sometimes object to Hitler's tactics and operational direction, they often made the same errors in judgment and were in agreement regarding larger strategic and political goals. A necessary volume for understanding the influence of World War I on Hitler's thinking, this work is also an eye-opening reappraisal of major events like the invasion of Russia and the battle for Normandy.

About the Author

Stephen G. Fritz is professor at East Tennessee State University. His books include "Frontsoldaten: The German Soldier in World War II" and "Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East". He lives in Johnson City, TN.