Defeating Hitler
Whitehall's Secret Report on Why Hitler Lost the War
Published on 24. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-4725-1700-5 (ISBN)
Description
Published in Defeating Hitler for the very first time, the top secret report Some Weaknesses in German Strategy and Organisation 1933 - 1945 was prepared by Whitehall's highest intelligence body, the Joint Intelligence Committee, and presented to Britain's Chiefs of Staff in 1946 to 'set down certain aspects of the War whilst there are still sources available who were closely connected with the events described'.
Paul Winter sets this unique and important document in its historical setting, providing biographies of key figures referenced in the report and a timeline of the crucial events of the Second World War. This is an important book for anyone interested in how the Second World War was won and lost.
Paul Winter sets this unique and important document in its historical setting, providing biographies of key figures referenced in the report and a timeline of the crucial events of the Second World War. This is an important book for anyone interested in how the Second World War was won and lost.
Reviews / Votes
Dr Winter has placed us all deeply in his debt by making available this historic document, which is as valuable for all students of Intelligence as it is for those of the Second World War. -- Professor Sir Michael Howard, former Chichele Professor of the History of War, Oxford UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-1700-5 (9781472517005)
DOI
CBID180071
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Additional editions
E-Book
06/2012
1st Edition
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€60.99
Available for download
E-Book
06/2012
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Continuum
€60.99
Available for download
Person
Dr Paul Winter specialises in wartime intelligence and has published articles in Intelligence and National Security and in War in History.
Content
Chronology of Events
Dramatis Personae
Foreword by Peter Hennessy
Introduction
The Report: Some Weaknesses in German Strategy and Organisation 1933-1945
Notes
Dramatis Personae
Foreword by Peter Hennessy
Introduction
The Report: Some Weaknesses in German Strategy and Organisation 1933-1945
Notes