Hitler''s Strategy 1940-1941 - The Balkan Clue

Zusammenfassung Did Mussolini invade Greece against Hitler's wishes? Were Fuhrer's plans for that country purely defensive? How did the German campaign in the Balkans affect their attack on Soviet Russia? These are a few of the questions to which Dr van Crevland provides provocative answers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Hitler, South-eastern Europe and the war against England, April-November 1940: 1. Between the axis millstones; 2. Greece and the Mediterranean; 3. The decision to Occupy Greece; Part II. Hitler, South-eastern Europe and the war against Russia, November 1940-June 1941: 4. From the Mediterranean to the East; 5. In the Shadow of 'Barbarossa'; 6. March 27 and after; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Martin L. van Creveld, Martin Van Creveld, Martin Van Creveld, Martin L. Van Creveld
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2008
• EAN: 9780521089661
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08966-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Lse Monographs in Internationa
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories