| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Dramatis Personae; Introduction; 1. The Retreat: From Leningrad to Narva; 2. The German Collapse in the Summer of 1944; 3. The Retreat to Courland; 4. The Struggle for the Baltic Isles; 5. Army Group Courland, October 1944-May 1945; 6. Memel, Prussia, and Pomerania; 7. Courland, East Prussia, and West Prussia; 8. The Swedish Question; 9. The U-boat War, the Baltic Sea, and Norway; 10. Hitler and Donitz; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
The popular conception of Hitler in the final years of World War II is that of a deranged Fuhrer stubbornly demanding the defense of every foot of ground on all fronts and ordering hopeless attacks with nonexistent divisions. To imply that Hitler had a rational plan to win the war flies in the face of widely accepted interpretations, but historian Howard D. Grier persuasively argues here that Hitler did possess a strategy to regain the initiative in 1944-45 and that the Baltic theater played the key role in his plan. In examining that strategy, Grier answers lingering questions abo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Dönitz, Karl. swd |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Baltic Sea Region
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns.
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Unterseebootkrieg
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Europe -- Baltic Sea Region.
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Germany.
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Ostsee
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Deutschland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007000557 |
| ISBN |
9781612514130 |
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1612514138 |
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1322364451 |
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9781322364452 |
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