Inside the Nazi War Machine : How Three Generals Unleashed Hitler's Blitzkrieg upon the World

by Alexander, Bevin

• ISBN13: 9780451231208
• ISBN10: 0451231201
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-07
• Publisher: NAL Hardcover

Summary

The men, the minds, and the military tactics of Nazi Germany that would challenge the world to war. In 1940, as Nazi Germany spread its wings of war, France stood secure in the knowledge that they possessed the largest, most formidable, and best-equipped army in Europe. France also had a stalwart ally in Britain and the support of Holland and Belgium. But they were all about to face a new kind of enemy who fought a new kind of war. In this book, expert military strategist Bevin Alexander examines the groundbreaking martial concepts developed by three brilliant generals- Erwin Rommel, Erich von Manstein, and Heinz Guderian. Their plan was to unleash the power of the tank, grouping them into juggernauts that would slam into-and through-enemy lines, as aircraft supported them and ground forces swept in behind them. It was the Blitzkrieg. And it alerted the world that the deadly might of Germany could no longer be ignored...

Author Biography

Bevin Alexander is the author of ten books on military history, including How Wars Are Won and How Hitler Could Have Won World War II.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Breakfast at Hitler's	p. 9
Uproar in the North	p. 37
Attack in the South	p. 59
Crossing the Meuse at Sedan	p. 71
The French Try to Destroy the Bridgehead	p. 87
The Incredible Fight for the Stonne Heights	p. 101
Rommel Opens the Floodgates	p. 113
The Strike for the English Channel	p. 129
The Ghost Division	p. 149
The British Attack Rommel at Arras	p. 167
The Miracle of Dunkirk	p. 183
The Fall of France	p. 207
Armistice at Compiègne	p. 235
Epilogue: What Might Have Been	p. 259
Acknowledgments	p. 269
Selected Bibliography	p. 271
Endnotes	p. 277
Index	p. 299
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