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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Citino, Robert Michael (1958-....)
Titre(s) : The Wehrmacht retreats [Texte imprimé] : fighting a lost war, 1943 / Robert M. Citino
Publication : Lawrence (Kan.) : : University Press of Kansas, 2012
Description matérielle : xxviii- 410 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Collection : Modern war studies
Lien à la collection : Modern war studies
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-389) and index
"Throughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and
perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach
and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare. In his new study, prizewinning
author Robert Citino chronicles this weakening Wehrmacht, now fighting desperately
on the defensive but still remarkably dangerous and lethal. Drawing on his impeccable
command of German-language sources, Citino offers fresh, vivid, and detailed treatments
of key campaigns during this fateful year: the Allied landings in North Africa, General
von Manstein's great counterstroke in front of Kharkov, the German attack at Kasserine
Pass, the titanic engagement of tanks and men at Kursk, the Soviet counteroffensives
at Orel and Belgorod, and the Allied landings in Sicily and Italy. Through these events,
he reveals how a military establishment historically configured for violent aggression
reacted when the tables were turned; how German commanders viewed their newest enemy,
the U.S. Army, after brutal fighting against the British and Soviets; and why, despite
their superiority in materiel and manpower, the Allies were unable to turn 1943 into
a much more decisive year."--Page 2 of cover
Sujet(s) : Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Opérations militaires -- Front oriental
Forces armées allemandes -- 1939-1945 (Guerre mondiale)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780700618262 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0700618260 (cloth) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443814921
Notice n° :
FRBNF44381492
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