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When one thinks of influential World War II military figures, five-star generals such as Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley instantly come to mind. As important as these central figures were to the Second World War, the conflict produced equally effective lower-profile leaders whose influence had an undeniable impact. Among these leaders are William Simpson, commander of the US Ninth Army, and James Moore, his chief of staff. Working in tan...

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The Wehrmacht's Last Stand is a gripping account of German military campaigns during the final phase of World War II, paying close attention to the officers who planned and led them.

Un'unica Wehrmacht, due nemici di molto superiori, quello sovietico che macinava strada da est, l'altro (l'esercito degli Alleati) in apparenza intrappolato in una dura risalita lungo lo stivale italiano. Un esercito che si difende fino alla morte e resiste coraggiosamente agli attacchi di un nemico superiore solitamente si guadagna il nostro rispetto. Allo stesso modo, qualsiasi cultura al mondo considera con particolare rispetto il generale ...

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By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. Three quarters of a century later, the question persists: What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M. Citino posits a more straightforward solution: the way of war cultivated by the Germans over the course of history.

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For Hitler and the German military, 1942 was a key turning point of World War II, as an overstretched Wehrmacht replaced brilliant victories and territorial gains with stalemates and strategic retreats. This major reevaluation of that crucial yearn shows that the German army's emerging woes were rooted as much in its addiction to the "war of movement” as they were in Hitler's flawed management of the war.

Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialised warfare. In his new study, prizewinning author Robert Citino chronicles this weakening Wehrmacht, now fighting desperately on the defensive but still remarkably dangerous and lethal.

Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare. In his new study, Robert Citino chronicles this weakening Wehrmacht, now fighting desperately on the defensive but still remarkably dangerous and lethal.

Takes the reader on a sweeping march through 300 years of Prussian/German military history and operational thought as Citino explains the 'why' of the German style of waging operational war. He does an exceptional job explaining the operational conduct of the German army during both world wars and how its style of fighting eventually contributed to the defeat of the Third Reich." - Armor "This book combines colossal scholarship with massively ...

Originally published in hardcover in 2002.

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 that shredded its opponents in 1939-40.

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When Germany launched its blitzkrieg invasion of Prance in 1940, it forever changed the way the world waged war. Although the Wehrmacht ultimately succumbed to superior Allied firepower in a two-front war, its stunning operational achievement left a lasting impression on military commanders throughout the world, even if their own operations were rarely executed as effectively. Robert Citino analyzes military campaigns from the second half of t...