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The Wehrmacht Retreats : Fighting a Lost War, 1943 / Robert M. Citino.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Citino, Robert Michael, 1958-
- Series:
- Modern war studies.
- Modern war studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Tunisia.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front.
- Germany--History, Military--20th century.
- Germany.
- Germany--Armed Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (442 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2012.
- Summary:
- A prize-winning historian chronicles the weakening Germany army in 1943, now fighting on the defensive but still remarkably dangerous and lethal. Reveals how the Wehrmacht, heirs to a military tradition that demanded relentless offensive operations, finally succumbed to the realities of its own overreach.
- Contents:
- The last victory? the race to Tunis
- Manstein, the Battle of Kharkov, and the limits of command
- The limits of fighting power: triumph and disaster in Tunisia, 1943
- The Battle of Kursk: a reassessment
- Smashing the Axis: Operation Husky and the Sicilian Campaign
- Manstein's war: Bewegungskrieg in the east, July-December 1943
- Kesselring's war: Italy, 1943
- Conclusion: fighting a lost war.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780700623716
- 070062371X
- OCLC:
- 966847412
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