The Wehrmacht Retreats - Fighting a Lost War, 1943

A prize-winning historian chronicles the weakening Germany army in 1943, now fighting on the defensive but still remarkably dangerous and lethal. Reveals how the Wehrmacht, heirs to a military tradition that demanded relentless offensive operations, finally succumbed to the realities of its own overreach.

About the author

Robert M. Citino is professor of history at the University of North Texas and author of eight books, including Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942; The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich; Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940; and Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare, which won both the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award and the American Historical Association's Paul Birdsall Prize.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Robert M Citino, Robert M. Citino
• Publisher: University Press Of Kansas
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780700623433
• ISBN: 978-0-7006-2343-3
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 593 g
• Series: Modern War Studies; Modern War Studies (Paperback); Modern War Studies (Paperback); Modern War Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous