The Wehrmacht: The German Army in World War II, 1939-1945

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Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Key to maps
Foreword
Introduction
PART I: CREATING THE MACHINE
	GENESIS OF THE WAR MACHINE
	BLITZKRIEG: MYTH AND REALITY
PART II: THE YEARS OF ATTACK
	HONING THE WEAPON
	THE CAMPAIGN IN NORWAY
	WESTERN TRIUMPH
	HITLER’S BALKAN INTERLUDE
	THE NORTH AFRICAN WAR
	THE EASTERN FRONT 1941–42
	THE EASTERN FRONT 1942
PART III: THE NATURE OF THE ARMY
	HITLER AT WAR
	HIGH COMMAND
	JUNIOR COMMANDERS
	THE RANK AND FILE
	THE ARMY AND NAZISM
PART IV: THE YEARS OF DEFENSE
	TRIUMPH OF IMPROVISATION
	DEFENSE IN THE EAST 1943–45
	ARMING HITLER’S ARMY
	PARTISAN WAR
	THE ARMY AND THE WAFFEN-SS
	FIGHTING THE MATERIALSCHLACHT
	VALOR NOT ENOUGH
	THE LEGACY OF WEHRMACHT
APPENDICES
	EARLY PANZER DIVISIONS
	LATER PANZER DIVISIONS
	PANZERGREMADIER DIVISIONS
	MOTORIZED INFANTRY DIVISIONS
	INFANTRY DIVISIONS
	VOLKSGRENADIER DIVISIONS
	WAFFEN-SS PANZER DIVISIONS
	DIVISIONAL STRENGTHS
	TANKS STRENGTH OF PANZER DIVISIONS
	GERMAN TANK STRENGTHS
	ANTI-TANK TACTICS
	GERMAN RANKS
	RANK EQUIVALENTS
	CASUALTY FIGURES
Glossary
Bibliography
Index