The Path to Blitzkrieg : Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920–1939 / Robert M. Citino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Citino, Robert M., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The story of how the Germans rebuilt their army after defeat in World War I into perhaps the finest military machine in history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: The German Army from Collapse to Rebirth

2 Seeckt and the Rebirth of Doctrine

3 Seeckt: Doctrine and Reception

4 The Reichswehr as Military School

5 Exercises and Wargames

6 The Changing of the Guard

7 The Army and the “New Objectivity”

8 Toward the New Era

9 From Reichswehr to Wehrmacht

10 Conclusion: Ten Days that Shook the World

Bibliography

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-414-1

OCLC:

1334343859