The Wehrmacht's last stand : the German campaigns of 1944-1945 /

By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. Three quarters of a century later, the question persists. What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M. Citino...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Citino, Robert Michael, 1958- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Series:	Modern war studies.
Subjects:	Germany > Armed Forces > History > World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Eastern Front. Germany > History, Military > 20th century. HISTORY > Military > World War II. HISTORY > Military > General. HISTORY > Europe > Germany.

Table of Contents:

In the Cauldron : The Battle of the Korsun Pocket
In the Mountains : The Battle for Italy
On the Beach : The D-Day Landing [Normandy and Beyond]
In the Middle : The Smashing of the Central Front
In the West : The Campaign in France
On the Run : The East
On the Run : The West
The Last Battle
Five Minutes Past Midnight
The Last Stand.