Other Side of the Hill: Germany's Generals, Their Rise and Fall, with Their Own Account of Military Events, 1939-45

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Publisher Information......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
MAPS......Page 8
Western Front 1940......Page 169
The Mediterranean......Page 195
Eastern Front......Page 215
Western Front 1944 - 45......Page 345
Preface  to  this  Edition......Page 12
Preface  to  the  First  Edition......Page 10
CHAPTER  I 
The  Suicidal Schism......Page 16
CHAPTER  II 
The  Mould  of Seeckt......Page 22
Blomberg......Page 30
Fritsch......Page 34
CHAPTER  IV 
The Brauchitsch-Halder Era......Page 41
CHAPTER  V 
The Creator of  Early  Victory-Guderian......Page 53
CHAPTER  VI 
\"Soldier in  the  sun\"-Rommel......Page 64
Halder\'s  Last  Lap......Page 73
Zeitzler......Page 74
Guderian\'s  Last Lap......Page 77
Manstein......Page 80
Kluge......Page 83
Model......Page 84
CHAPTER  VII 
\"The Old Guard\"  -Rundstedt......Page 86
CHAPTER  IX 
The  Rise  of Hitler......Page 93
The  Sequence of Events......Page 94
The New Men......Page 97
The  Period  from  Hindenburg\'s Death  to  1938......Page 98
CHAPTER  X 
The  Rise  of Armour......Page 99
CHAPTER XI 
How  Hitler  Beat  France- and Saved Britain......Page 116
Why  Hitler Decided to  Attack......Page 118
Schism  in  the Command......Page 120
A Decisive Accident......Page 124
The  French  Plan......Page 132
The Matador\'s Cloak......Page 133
The Matador\'s Thrust......Page 140
A  First Pause......Page 148
The Drire  to  the Sea......Page 151
Hitler\'s \"Halt\" Order......Page 154
CHAPTER  XII 
The  \"Halt Order\'·  Before Dunkirk......Page 156
Hitler\'s Reasons......Page 163
The Question of  Calais......Page 164
The Question of Hitler\'s Motives......Page 165
CHAPTER  XIII 
The  End  in  France  and  the  First  Frustration......Page 168
Recumbent \"Sea-Lion\"......Page 175
CHAPTER  XIV 
Misfires  in the  Mediterranean......Page 192
CHAPTER  XV 
Hitler\'s Invasion of Russia......Page 205
The  Effect of  the Balkan  Campaign......Page 207
The  Impulse  to  invade Russia......Page 211
CHAPTER  XVI  
How  the  Invasion  Fell Short of Moscow......Page 218
The miscarriage of  the Invasion......Page 220
The  Switch  South - For  the Kiev  \"Kesselschlacht\"......Page 227
Forfeit at Leningrad......Page 230
The  Autumn Push......Page 231
Frustration  at  the \"Gate  to  the Caucasus\"......Page 232
Frustration  at Moscow......Page 235
The  Wnter Crisis......Page 239
Plans  for  1942......Page 245
The  drive  for  the  Caucasus......Page 249
Defeat  at  Stalingrad......Page 254
Further Revelations......Page 258
CHAPTER  XVIII 
After Stalingrad......Page 262
More  Evidence on  the Kursk Offensive......Page 264
Sequel  to  the Kursk Offensive......Page 267
CHAPTER  XIX 
The  Red Army......Page 273
CHAPTER  XX 
The  Allied  Invasion  of Italy......Page 282
Prelude......Page 287
The  Invasion  of Sicily......Page 290
The  Italian  Change  of Sides-And The German 
Counter - Coup......Page 296
The  Allied landings  in  Italy......Page 302
The  Battle  of the  Sangro......Page 305
A  Change  of Strategy......Page 306
The Allied Landing At Anzio......Page 308
The  Abandonment of  Rome and Retreat  to  the  Apennines......Page 312
Allied  Strategy-
From  the German  Viewpoint......Page 314
The  Lost Long Stage......Page 316
CHAPTER  XXI  Paralysis  in  Normandy......Page 317
Prelude......Page 319
1943-\"The Year of Uncertainty\"......Page 320
Changing  the Guard......Page 322
Where?......Page 325
The German  Dispositions......Page 331
The  Landing......Page 336
Collapse  under Back-and-Front strain......Page 343
Blumentritt\'s  Account......Page 358
July 20th......Page 360
The  Aftermath......Page 366
CHAPTER  XXIII 
Hitler\'s Last Gamble-The Second Ardennes Stroke......Page 369
The  Plan......Page 372
The  Flaws......Page 374
New Tactics......Page 375
The Missing Card......Page 379
The  blow......Page 381
Aftermath......Page 386
CHAPTER  XXIV 
Hitler-As  a young  General  saw  him......Page 388
CONCLUSION......Page 392
IMPORTANT  BOOKS......Page 394
BOOKS ON MILITARY LAW......Page 395