Book description
Mathew Cooper's superb analysis of the association between Hitler, the German General Staff and with his generals sheds much new light on the reform of the Garman Army following WWI, Hitler's rapid increase of its power and strength on assuming leadership and on his conviction of brilliance on military matters,…
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1 author picked The German Army, 1933-1945 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I find this very old title is still one of the best deconstructions of the German Army as an institution and continues to inform my understanding of many baffling questions around Hitler's relationship with the Army he needed for his plans of conquest and ethnic cleansing.
In particular, I find Cooper's destruction of the Blitzkrieg myth eminently satisfying and consider this one of the seminal works with which one must be familiar in order to understand the German Army and its importance as a tool of government policy as well as part of the social fabric of the nation.
From Michael's list on The best books for explaining the experience of German soldiers in the Second World War.
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