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More than 60 years after their utter defeat and surrender, the Nazi army, navy, and air force are still remembered as the best organized, best trained, best equipped, and most formidable fighting forces of their day. The same can be said of the massive German army that battled under Kaiser Wilhelm a generation earlier. Led by brilliant generals and backed by state-of-the-art munitions industries, these powerful military organizations struck terror in the hearts of enemies and allies alike. So, why did they lose? In this masterful account of the failed German war machine, military historian Kenneth Macksey reveals that Germany's catastrophic failures had little to do with the random fortunes of war, but were the inevitable result of its military structure, leadership, and history. Its great strengths -- inspired generals and strategists, the innovative development of military forces, and the great skill and tenacity of its fighting men -- were repeatedly undermined by short-term war policies, arrogance and a tendency to believe its own propaganda, and the politicization of military staffs. These flaws, problematic even in Germany's great 19th century victories, became fatal when combined with 20th century dreams of world dominion. Complete with campaign maps, command-structure charts, and lists of major German military leaders, Why the Germans Lose at War combines brilliant military and political analysis with a powerful cautionary tale for any nation that seeks to rule the world through force alone. - Jacket flap.
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Why the Germans Lose at War: the Myth of German Military Superiority
2006, Barnes & Noble
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0760778825 9780760778821
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