Hitler's Strategy
Published on 12. September 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-1-107-62329-3 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1951, this book examines Hitler's strategy and how it developed during the Second World War. Hinsley, who had worked as a code breaker during the war, uses a variety of contemporary documents as sources, including records taken from the German Naval Archives after its capture by the Allies in 1945. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in military history in general or the Second World War in particular.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
443 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-62329-3 (9781107623293)
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Content
Preface; Note on sources and references; 1. The German navy, the Russian pact, the British problem and the decision to make war; 2. The first phase; 3. The invasion of Norway and the fall of France; 4. An invasion of England?; 5. The crucial months, September to December 1940; 6. The decision to attack Russia; 7. North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Balkans in 1941; 8. The battle of the Atlantic in 1941; 9. German-Japanese negotiations in 1941; 10. 1942; 11. The end of the German surface fleet, January 1943; 12. Hitler's strategy in defeat; Appendix A. The German surface fleet; Appendix B. Germany's infringements of the naval clauses of the Treaty of Versailles; Appendix C. The new U-boats; Index.