UID:
almafu_9960962660902883
Format:
1 online resource (430 p.)
ISBN:
979-82-16-03564-0
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979-82-16-16520-0
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1-283-40907-0
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9786613409072
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0-313-39593-4
Series Statement:
War, technology, and history
Content:
This book offers a unique perspective for understanding how and why the Second World War in Europe ended as it did-and why Germany, in attacking the Soviet Union, came far closer to winning the war than is often perceived.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Key to Military Symbols -- pt. 1. The German War Machine on the Eve of War : Myth vs. Reality -- The Third Reich Ascendant : The Reasons Why -- pt. 2. Comparing the World's First Military Superpowers on the Eve of War -- History's Bloodiest Conflict Begins -- An Inconvenient Decision Confronts Germany's Masters of War -- Another Role of the Dice -- Stalingrad in Context -- The European War's Periphery -- Seizing the Initiative : The Sword vs. the Shield -- pt. 3. A New Perspective for Explaining D-Day's Outcome -- Hitler's Greatest Defeat -- How the Third Reich Staved off Total Defeat during the Summer of '44 -- End Game.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-313-39592-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9798216035640
