From triumph to disaster: the fatal flaws of German Generalship from Moltke to Guderian

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Greenhill Books, 1996Description: 240pISBN:
  • 1853672440 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: It examines the inherent flows in the German military system and its generalship focusing on the two world wars but also taking into account major preceding events such as the seven years war the Napolemic wars and the Danish, Austrian and Franco-Prussian wars. It highlights the German military's tendency to underestimate the enemy and believe its own propaganda its failure to adopt a war policy far reaching enough to sustain anything other than short wars. The immense political power wiedded by the military staff and many other factors that history has shown damage Germany's chances of success of war.
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It examines the inherent flows in the German military system and its generalship focusing on the two world wars but also taking into account major preceding events such as the seven years war the Napolemic wars and the Danish, Austrian and Franco-Prussian wars. It highlights the German military's tendency to underestimate the enemy and believe its own propaganda its failure to adopt a war policy far reaching enough to sustain anything other than short wars. The immense political power wiedded by the military staff and many other factors that history has shown damage Germany's chances of success of war.

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