Hitler's Strategy

First published in 1951, this book examines Hitler's strategy and how it developed during the Second World War.

F. H. Hinsley (Author)

9781107623293, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 September 2013

270 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

First published in 1951, this book examines Hitler's strategy and how it developed during the Second World War. Hinsley, who had worked as a code breaker during the war, uses a variety of contemporary documents as sources, including records taken from the German Naval Archives after its capture by the Allies in 1945. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in military history in general or the Second World War in particular.

Preface
Note on sources and references
1. The German navy, the Russian pact, the British problem and the decision to make war
2. The first phase
3. The invasion of Norway and the fall of France
4. An invasion of England?
5. The crucial months, September to December 1940
6. The decision to attack Russia
7. North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Balkans in 1941
8. The battle of the Atlantic in 1941
9. German-Japanese negotiations in 1941
10. 1942
11. The end of the German surface fleet, January 1943
12. Hitler's strategy in defeat
Appendix A. The German surface fleet
Appendix B. Germany's infringements of the naval clauses of the Treaty of Versailles
Appendix C. The new U-boats
Index.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]