Blitzkrieg No Longer The German Wehrmacht in Battle, 1943

by Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780811705332
• ISBN10: 0811705331
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-21
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

A pivotal year of WWII through German eyes.

Author Biography

Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., is the author of more than twenty books on World War II. He lives in Louisiana.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. iv
Nazi Germany and the Wehrmacht, 1933-42	p. 1
Manstein Restores the Southern Flank	p. 19
The Defeat of the German Navy	p. 36
Tunisgrad	p. 49
The Bombing Intensifies	p. 101
The State of the Wehrmacht, Spring 1943	p. 114
Hitlers Summer Offensive	p. 125
The Retreat Begins in the East	p. 147
Decay and Disarray in the Mediterranean	p. 156
The Allied Invasion of Southern Europe	p. 172
The Fall of Fascism and the Loss of Sicily	p. 203
Cracking the Floodgates: The Russian Front from 1943 to Early 1944	p. 215
The Italian Defection and the Battle of Salerno	p. 239
Salerno to the Gustav Line	p. 261
Table of Comparative Ranks	p. 271
German Staff Positions	p. 273
German Units, Ranks, and Strengths	p. 274
Characteristics of Select German and Allied Tanks	p. 275
Luftwaffe Aviation Units, Strengths, and Ranks	p. 276
Notes	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 298
Index	p. 310
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