The War Book of the German General Staff
Author: Prussia (Germany). Armee. Grosser Generalstab. Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II.
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Prussia (Germany). Armee. Grosser Generalstab. Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II.
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Walter Goerlitz
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Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9781494118075
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a new release of the original 1956 edition.
Author: Trevor Nevitt Dupuy
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Published: 1991-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780963869210
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gerhard P. Gross
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2016-09-16
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 0813168392
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Surrounded by potential adversaries, nineteenth-century Prussia and twentieth-century Germany faced the formidable prospect of multifront wars and wars of attrition. To counteract these threats, generations of general staff officers were educated in operational thinking, the main tenets of which were extremely influential on military planning across the globe and were adopted by American and Soviet armies. In the twentieth century, Germany's art of warfare dominated military theory and practice, creating a myth of German operational brilliance that lingers today, despite the nation's crushing defeats in two world wars. In this seminal study, Gerhard P. Gross provides a comprehensive examination of the development and failure of German operational thinking over a period of more than a century. He analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of five different armies, from the mid--nineteenth century through the early days of NATO. He also offers fresh interpretations of towering figures of German military history, including Moltke the Elder, Alfred von Schlieffen, and Erich Ludendorff. Essential reading for military historians and strategists, this innovative work dismantles cherished myths and offers new insights into Germany's failed attempts to become a global power through military means.
Author: David J. A. Stone
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781612000985
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A new and authoritative study of Hitler's relationship with the German Army general staff in the period leading up to and during World War II. Examines the general staff's struggle to work effectively under Hitler, despite facing many challenges--not least the F'uhrer's own divisive policies and directives. Illuminates the fractured nature of the German army command in the latter stages of the war as the general staff was marginalized by the Nazis. Dispels many widely held myths concerning the key staff officers that served the Third Reich, while also identifying their personal and collective failures and oversights. Analyzes and evaluates the army's involvement in the German resistance movement, the repercussions of the abortive assassination attempt against Hitler in the von Stauffenberg plot of 1944, and the unsuccessful bid to initiate Operation Valkyrie."--P. [4] of jacket.
Author: Prussia. Grosser Generalstab
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Published: 1915
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Barry A. Leach
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 170
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →En beskrivelse af den tyske generalstabs historie og organisation, vægten er lagt på 2. Verdenskrig i beskrivelsen og i vurderingen af generalstabens betydning. Das Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)
Author: Fritz von Lossberg
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2017-07-28
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 081316981X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →General Fritz von Lossberg (1868--1942) directed virtually all the major German defensive battles on the Western Front during the First World War. Hailed as "the Lion of the Defensive," he was an extremely influential military tactician and, unlike many other operations officers of his era, was quick to grasp the changes wrought by technology. Now available for the first time in English, Lossberg's memoir explains how he developed, tested, and implemented his central principles -- flexibility, decentralized control, and counterattack -- which were based on a need to adapt to shifting conditions on the battlefield. Lossberg first put his theory of elastic defense combined with defense-in-depth into practice during the Battle of Arras (April--May 1917), where it succeeded. At the Battle of Passchendaele (June--November 1917), his achievements on the field proved the feasibility of his strategy of employing a thinly manned front line that minimized the number of soldiers exposed to artillery fire. Lossberg's tactical modernizations have become essential components of army doctrine, and Lossberg's War: The World War I Memoirs of A German Chief of Staff will take readers inside the mind of one of the most significant military innovators of the twentieth century.
Author: Prussia (Kingdom). Armee. Grosser Generalstab
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780811701471
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Issued by the German Imperial General Staff, this manual was for the instruction of German soldiers in how to conduct themselves during combat operations. It explained what conduct was allowed & what prohibited, including how to treat prisoners, non-combatants & spies.
Author: Robert Michael Citino
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 456
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives (short and lively) - wars that relied upon swift, powerful, and decisive military operations. Robert Citino takes us on a dramatic march through Prussian and German military history to show how that primal theme played out time and time again. Citino focuses on operational warfare to demonstrate continuity in German military campaigns from the time of Elector Frederick Wilhelm and his great sleigh-drive against the Swedes to the age of Adolf Hitler and the blitzkrieg to the gates of Moscow. Along the way, he underscores the role played by the Prussian army in elevating a small, vulnerable state to the ranks of the European powers, describes how nineteenth-century victories over Austria and France made the German army the most respected in Europe, and reviews the lessons learned from the trenches of World War I.