Hitler's great gamble : a new look at German strategy, operation, and the Axis defeat in World War II /

In Hitler's Great Gamble, James Ellman argues that Barbarossa was a gamble, but a reasonable gamble spoiled not by strategic shortsightedness, but by diplomatic setbacks and poor execution. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, Hitler's Great Gamble is a provocative work th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ellman, James (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2019]
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Eastern Front. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Soviet Union. World War, 1939-1945 > Germany. Soviet Union > History > German occupation, 1941-1944. Germany > History, Military > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

The German strategic predicament and Hitler's rise
German relative economic weakness and the fall of France
Seelöwe : the planned invasion of England
Two maritime strategies
The rising Soviet threat to German European hegemony
Hitler's decision, Marita, and countdown to invasion
The logic behind Barbarossa's chance for victory in the East
Drang nach Osten : The drive to the East
Historical explanations for Germany's defeat in the East
An early drive for Moscow
Cold, snow, and mud
The "fatal" delay of Marita and a southern tyfun
Nazi genocide, ideology, and the loss of hearts and minds
A Japanese attack on the USSR and the key to German victory
The pursuit of oil and the road to global war
The critical summer and the road south
The Anaconda option
Finland fails Germany and itself.