Germany and the Second World War: Volume VI: The Global War

Cover......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 12
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 20
NOTES ON THE AUTHORS......Page 26
NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION......Page 28
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 29
GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN TERMS......Page 49
INTRODUCTION......Page 50
PART I: Policy and Strategy 1941–1943: From Continental–Atlantic to Global War......Page 58
1. Developments up to the Entry into the War by the United States of America......Page 60
2. 1942 and the Casablanca Conference......Page 110
II. THE COALITION OF THE TRIPARTITE PACT STATES......Page 159
1. Hitler’s Grand Strategy between Pearl Harbor and Stalingrad......Page 161
2. From the Berlin–Rome Axis to the Military Agreement of the Tripartite Pact: The Sequence of Treaties from 1936 to 1942......Page 193
3. Japan and the War in Europe......Page 210
PART II: The War in the Pacific......Page 240
I. POTENTIAL SOURCES OF CONFLICT......Page 242
II. JAPAN’S ROAD TO WAR......Page 261
1. Operational Conditions and Military Resources in the Pacific 1941–1942......Page 292
2. The Japanese Leaders’ Strategic Plans for War in the Autumn of 1941......Page 303
3. Pearl Harbor and its Consequences......Page 307
1. Preliminary Countermeasures by the US Pacific Fleet......Page 318
2. The Naval Air Battle in the Coral Sea......Page 323
3. The Naval Air Battle at Midway......Page 327
V. GUADALCANAL: THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE IN 1942......Page 338
PART III: The War at Sea in the Atlantic and in the Arctic Ocean......Page 348
I. THE ATLANTIC IN GERMAN AND ALLIED STRATEGY......Page 350
II. ALLIED SEA TRANSPORT CAPACITY AS A STRATEGIC PROBLEM OF THE GERMAN NAVAL WAR EFFORT......Page 375
1. The U-Boat War......Page 391
2. Operations by Surface Forces......Page 454
3. Mine Warfare and Coastal Operations......Page 480
IV. OPERATIONS ON THE NORTHERN FLANK OF EUROPE......Page 491
PART IV: The Anglo-American Strategic Air War over Europe and German Air Defence......Page 516
1. Great Britain......Page 518
2. The United States of America......Page 524
II. AIR DEFENCE IN THE GERMAN AIR WAR DOCTRINE AND THE BUILD-UP OF THE GERMAN AIR DEFENCES IN PEACETIME......Page 527
1. Trial and Error: The Operations of Royal Air Force Bomber Command......Page 541
2. The German Air Defence......Page 570
3. War Preparations by the American Army Air Forces......Page 601
1. Indiscriminate Bombing: The Operations of Royal Air Force Bomber Command......Page 607
2. The Beginnings of Strategic Bombing by the Eighth US Air Force......Page 629
3. German Air Defence......Page 646
V. THE SITUATION OF THE LUFTWAFFE FROM 1942 TO THE BEGINNING OF 1943......Page 671
PART V: The War in the Mediterranean Area 1942–1943: Operations in North Africa and the Central Mediterranean......Page 678
1. The Reconquest of Cyrenaica......Page 680
2. The Battle of Malta (December 1941–21 May 1942)......Page 703
1. The Battle for the Ghazalah Line (26 May–17 June 1942)......Page 710
2. Tobruk and Matruh (18–30 June 1942)......Page 741
3. The Perplexities of War: The Order to Advance into Egypt Considered......Page 764
1. The First Battle (1–27 July 1942)......Page 770
2. The Battle of Alam Halfa (30 August–6 September 1942)......Page 797
3. The Third Battle: Decision at El Alamein (23 October–4 November 1942)......Page 814
1. The Landing in French North Africa (Operation Torch) and the Establishment of the Tunisian Bridgehead (7 November 1942–31 January 1943)......Page 840
2. The German–Italian Armoured Army’s Retreat to the Tunisian Border, 4 November 1942–2 February 1943......Page 856
V. THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF VICHY FRANCE AND THE SEIZURE OF TOULON (OPERATIONS ANTON AND LILA, 11–27 NOVEMBER 1942)......Page 871
1. Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean......Page 877
2. The Supply Problem......Page 883
PART VI: The War against the Soviet Union 1942–1943......Page 890
1. The Decision for Operation Blue......Page 892
2. Initial Position and Balance of Strength......Page 912
3. Assessment of the Soviet Union and the Red Army......Page 931
1. The Diplomatic Offensive, 1942......Page 953
2. ‘Germanic’ and ‘Ethnic German’ Volunteers......Page 972
1. Operations in the Crimea......Page 978
2. The Battles in the Kharkov–Izyum–Kupyansk Area......Page 991
3. Front Adjustments in the Rear of Army Group Centre......Page 1003
1. ‘Blue I’: Advance to the Don......Page 1007
2. ‘Blue II’: A Vain Pursuit......Page 1022
3. The Splitting of the Offensive......Page 1029
4. Developments on the Secondary Fronts......Page 1040
5. Partisan Warfare......Page 1054
V. THE OFFENSIVE INTO THE CAUCASUS......Page 1071
1. From Rostov to Batumi: The Struggle for Transport Routes......Page 1074
2. Maykop–Groznyy–Baku: The Battle for Oil......Page 1087
3. September at Vinnitsa: Climax of the Crisis......Page 1097
1. Advance to the Volga......Page 1109
2. The Fighting for the City......Page 1126
3. The Soviet Counter-offensive......Page 1149
1. Breakout or Relief?......Page 1177
2. ‘Wintergewitter’, ‘Donnerschlag’, and ‘Lesser Saturn’......Page 1189
3. The End......Page 1207
1. Retreats and Reverses on the Southern Sector......Page 1222
2. Developments on the Central and Nothern Sectors......Page 1242
IX. THE HISTORICAL TOPOS OF THE SECOND CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION......Page 1255
CONCLUSION......Page 1266
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 1280
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