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Why Germany Nearly Won - A New History of the Second World War in Europe (Hardcover)
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Why Germany Nearly Won - A New History of the Second World War in Europe (Hardcover)
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This book offers a unique perspective for understanding how and why
the Second World War in Europe ended as it did-and why Germany, in
attacking the Soviet Union, came far closer to winning the war than
is often perceived. Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the
Second World War in Europe challenges this conventional wisdom in
highlighting how the re-establishment of the traditional German art
of war-updated to accommodate new weapons systems-paved the way for
Germany to forge a considerable military edge over its much larger
potential rivals by playing to its qualitative strengths as a
continental power. Ironically, these methodologies also created and
exacerbated internal contradictions that undermined the same war
machine and left it vulnerable to enemies with the capacity to
adapt and build on potent military traditions of their own. The
book begins by examining topics such as the methods by which the
German economy and military prepared for war, the German military
establishment's formidable strengths, and its weaknesses. The book
then takes an entirely new perspective on explaining the Second
World War in Europe. It demonstrates how Germany, through its
invasion of the Soviet Union, came within a whisker of cementing a
European-based empire that would have allowed the Third Reich to
challenge the Anglo-American alliance for global hegemony-an
outcome that by commonly cited measures of military potential
Germany never should have had even a remote chance of
accomplishing. The book's last section explores the final year of
the war and addresses how Germany was able to hang on against the
world's most powerful nations working in concert to engineer its
defeat. Detailed maps show the position and movement of opposing
forces during the key battles discussed in the book More than 30
charts, figures, and appendices, including detailed orders of
battle, economic figures, and equipment comparisons
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