Why Germany Nearly Won - A New History of the Second World War in Europe

Why Germany Nearly Won challenges today's conventional wisdom, which explains Germany's Second World War defeat as inevitable primarily for reasons of Allied economic or military brute force created when Germany attacked the Soviet Union. Taking an entirely new perspective on explaining the Second World War in Europe, and its outcome, at its core Why Germany Nearly Won offers the reader three interrelated, unique, and potentially ground-breaking arguments. First, qualitative differences between the combatants proved more important in determining the war's outcome than have the quantitative brute force measures so commonly discussed in the past. Second, attacking the Soviet Union represented Germany's best opportunity to win a war that according to commonly cited measures of military potential, should have been completely out of Germany's reach. Third, for reasons frequently overlooked and misunderstood Germany came far closer to winning the war than has previously been recognized.

About the author

Steven D. Mercatante is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Globe at War, a website that has established the author as a respected authority on World War II. Mercatante received his JD from Michigan State University College of Law, graduating with a concentration in international law.

Product details

• Authors: Mercatante Steven D.
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2014
• EAN: 9781442236868
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3686-8
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 576 g
• Illustrations: 58 Illustrations including: - 24 Black & White Illustrations; - 34 Tables., Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, European Studies