Hitler's Field Marshals and Their Battles

by Mitcham, Samuel W.

• ISBN13: 9780815411307
• ISBN10: 0815411308
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Cooper Square Pub

Summary

This absorbing look at Hitler's twenty-five field marshals documents the rise and fall of the officers who held the highest rank in the powerful war machine that nearly conquered the world for the Third Reich.

Author Biography

Military historian Dr. Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(12)
Werner von Blomberg	17	(26)
Walter von Brauchitsch	43	(32)
Ewald von Kleist	75	(30)
Walter von Reichenau	105	(20)
Ritter Wilhelm von Leeb	125	(20)
Fedor von Bock	145	(16)
Wilhelm Keitel	161	(14)
Erwin Rommel	175	(16)
Siegmund Wilhelm List	191	(14)
Baron Maximilian von Weichs	205	(18)
Friedrich Paulus	223	(18)
Erich von Manstein	241	(14)
Georg von Kuechler	255	(14)
Ernst Busch	269	(14)
Gerd von Rundstedt	283	(12)
Guenther von Kluge	295	(18)
Walter Model	313	(18)
Erwin von Witzleben	331	(8)
Ferdinand Schoerner	339	(16)
The Luftwaffe Marshals	355	(8)
Appendix I: Tables of Equivalent Ranks	363	(1)
Appendix II: German Units, Ranks, and Strengths	364	(1)
Appendix III: Characteristics of Selected Opposing Tanks	365	(1)
Appendix IV: German Staff Abbreviations	366	(1)
Notes	367	(42)
Bibliography	409	(12)
General Index	421	(6)
Index of Military Units	427