A bold reinterpretation of some of the most decisive battles of
World War II, showing that the outcomes had less to do with popular
new technology than old-fashioned, on-the-ground warfare.
The military myths of World War II were based on the assumption
that the new technology of the airplane and the tank would cause
rapid and massive breakthroughs on the battlefield, or
demoralization of the enemy by intensive bombing resulting in
destruction, or surrender in a matter of weeks. The two apostles
for these new theories were the Englishman J.C.F. Fuller for
armoured warfare, and the Italian Emilio Drouhet for airpower.
Hitler, Rommel, von Manstein, Montgomery and Patton were all
seduced by the breakthrough myth or blitzkrieg as the decisive way
to victory.
Mosier shows how the Polish campaign in fall 1939 and the fall
of France in spring 1940 were not the blitzkrieg victories as
proclaimed. He also reinterprets Rommel's North African campaigns,
D-Day and the Normandy campaign, Patton's attempted breakthrough
into the Saar and Germany, Montgomery's flawed breakthrough at
Arnhem, and Hitler's last desperate breakthrough effort to Antwerp
in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. All of these actions
saw the clash of the breakthrough theories with the realities of
conventional military tactics, and Mosier's novel analysis of these
campaigns, the failure of airpower, and the military leaders on
both sides, is a challenging reassessment of the military history
of World War II. The book includes maps and photos.
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