Blitzkrieg No Longer: The German Wehrmacht in Battle, 1943 Hardcover - 2010
by Samuel W. Mitcham
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In 1939, the Germans stormed into Poland, shocking the world with the speed, the destructiveness, the seeming invincibility of their blitzkrieg. By 1943, the tide had started to turn. Successes still came, but these were increasingly eclipsed by defeats and retreats, setbacks and surrenders. In Blitzkrieg No Longer, Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., offers a riveting glimpse inside the Third Reich's war machine during the pivotal year of 1943. The year began well enough for Hitler and his armed forces, with the brilliant Erich von Manstein orchestrating an almost miraculous regrouping after the disaster at Stalingrad. The Wehrmacht lived to fight another day--indeed, another two years--but growing Allied strength and experience combined with German shortages in men and materiel to stymie Germany's advances on all fronts. In the Mediterranean, Erwin Rommel's earlier gains in North Africa were erased by the surrender of Tunisia in May. Two months later, the Allies landed in Sicily, initiating a five-week battle that ousted the Germans from the island, although some 60,000 men escaped to Italy, which the Allies invaded in September. German troops there were entrenched and fought tenaciously in a campaign that would last until 1945. On the Eastern Front, the barbarous warfare of 1941 and 1942 continued unabated--only now the Soviets often had the upper hand, both in numbers and, more and more, in operational ingenuity. Even Manstein could not produce a victory at Kursk, where Soviet T-34s beat German Tigers and Panthers in the largest armor battle in history. Kursk would mark the beginning of Nazi Germany's long and bloody retreat in the East. The Third Reich's defeats were not limited to the ground. At sea, the Allies neutralized the U-boat threat, and in the air, they dominated the Luftwaffe and took the war to the German home front. The war would drag on for two more brutal years, but the end was now in sight. No longer could the Germans mount their feared blitzkrieg; no longer could they win the war. Mitcham chronicles this turning-point year with insight and drama. Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., is a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot and holds a doctorate from the University of Tennessee. An internationally recognized authority on the German Wehrmacht and Nazi Germany, he has written numerous books, including German Order of Battle, Panzers in Winter, Rommel's Desert War, Retreat to the Reich, and The German Defeat in the East.
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- Title Blitzkrieg No Longer: The German Wehrmacht in Battle, 1943
- Author Samuel W. Mitcham
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Date 2010-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780811705332 / 0811705331
- Weight 1.41 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9.16 x 6.36 x 1.09 in (23.27 x 16.15 x 2.77 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Library of Congress subjects Germany - Armed Forces - History - World, World War, 1939-1945 - Germany
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009027630
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.542
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