The Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920-39

The Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920-39
ISBN-10
1461751934
ISBN-13
9781461751939
Category
History
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2007-12-26
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Author
Robert M. Citino

Description

Essential background to the German blitzkrieg of World War II Complements the stories of panzer aces like Otto Carius and Michael Wittmann In the wake of World War I, the German army lay in ruins--defeated in the war, sundered by domestic upheaval, and punished by the Treaty of Versailles. A mere twenty years later, Germany possessed one of the finest military machines in the world, capable of launching a stunning blitzkrieg attack against Poland in 1939. Well-known military historian Robert M. Citino shows how Germany accomplished this astonishing reversal and developed the doctrine, tactics, and technologies that its military would use to devastating effect in World War II.

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