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The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II

The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II

Mosier, John

Paperback

German HistoryMilitary StrategyWorld War I

ISBN10: 0060009772
ISBN13: 9780060009779
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: Nov 30 2004
Pages: 337
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.92 Width: 5.28 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

A bold reinterpretation of some of the most decisive battles of World War II, showing that the outcomes had less to do with popular new technology than old-fashioned, on-the-ground warfare.

The military myths of World War II were based on the assumption that the new technology of the airplane and the tank would cause rapid and massive breakthroughs on the battlefield, or demoralization of the enemy by intensive bombing resulting in destruction, or surrender in a matter of weeks. The two apostles for these new theories were the Englishman J.C.F. Fuller for armoured warfare, and the Italian Emilio Drouhet for airpower. Hitler, Rommel, von Manstein, Montgomery and Patton were all seduced by the breakthrough myth or blitzkrieg as the decisive way to victory.

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