Blitzkrieg (Witness History)

by PeterChrisp (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $3.76

  This series examines the major historical topics through a mixture of narrative and analysis of the key issues involved. Each book is designed to introduce the reader to a wide range of exciting contemporary sources and aims to encourage readers in the handling and assessment of original historical material. Blitzkrieg examines the elements that made up this new style of warfare and assesses not only its strengths and weaknesses, but also the Allied response to Hitler's lightning conquests in the Second World War. What was blitzkrieg and why was it initially so successful? This book explains the contrast between blitzkrieg and conventional army tactics, whilst explaining Hitler's rise to power and the Germans need to develop new methods of warfare. From the annexation of Austria to Rommel's initial domination of the North African desert, the German army seemed unstoppable. But would Germany's expansion plans have been so successful if Britain and France had not been reluctant to enter another world war? Was the invasion of Russia Hitler's biggest mistake? Was blitzkrieg inevitably doomed to failure? As the Allies began to understand blitzkrieg, the tide turned. How much of Germany's defeat can be explained by Hitler's military blindness and his fanatacism? Contemporary sources, photographs, maps and cartoons present a vivid portrait of the Second World War and are used to pose questions and provoke analysis.