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Based on previously unused French and German sources, this challenging and controversial new analysis of the war on the Western front from 1914 to 1918 reveals how and why the Germans won the major battles with one-half to one-third fewer casualties than the Allies, and how American troops in 1918 saved the Allies from defeat and a negotiated peace with the Germans.
The German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, began a
war that lasted nearly four years and created by far the bloodiest
theater in World War II. In the conventional narrative of this war,
Hitler was defeated by Stalin because, like Napoleon, he
underestimated the size and resources of his enemy. In fact, says
historian John Mosier, Hitler came very close to winning and lost
only because of the intervention of the western Allies. Stalin's
great triumph was not winning the war, but establishing the
prevailing interpretation of the war. The Great Patriotic War, as
it is known in Russia, would eventually prove fatal, setting in
motion events that would culminate in the collapse of the Soviet
Union.
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.
A modest and unassuming man, Grant never lost a battle, leading the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War, ultimately becoming President of the reunited states. Grant revolutionized military warfare by creating new leadership tactics by integrating new technologies in classical military strategy. In this compelling biography, Mosier reveals the man behind the military legend, showing how Grant's creativity and genius off the battlefield shaped him into one of our nation's greatest military leaders.
"In smooth, economical prose, [Mosier] incorporates a number of
thought-provoking insights and hypotheses . . . This is a
stimulating overview of a war machine." --"Publishers Weekly" World
War I has inspired a vast mythology of bravery and carnage that has
fascinated readers for decades. Now acclaimed military historian
John Mosier demystifies the strategic and tactical aspects to
explain that, contrary to the standard military history accounts,
Germany's military culture provided them with the advantage. Their
war machine succeeded against more powerful Allied armies until, in
both wars, it was crushed by U.S. intervention. Through simliarly
stunning revelations, Mosier forces a reevaluation of the reasons
behind the French withdrawal, the Russian contribution, and Hitler
as a military thinker.
The Battle of Verdun during the First World War stands as one of
history's greatest clashes. Yet it is also one of the most complex
and misunderstood.
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