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Why Germany nearly won : a new history of the Second World War in Europe / Steven D. Mercatante.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mercatante, Steven D.
- Series:
- War, technology, and history.
- War, technology, and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Technology.
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
- Germany--Armed Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (430 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798216035640
- 9798216165200
- 9786613409072
- 9781283409070
- 1283409070
- 9780313395932
- 0313395934
- OCLC:
- 769928303
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