Hitler's Final Push

The Battle of the Bulge from the German Point of View

Nonfiction, History, Germany, Military, World War II, Americas, United States, 20th Century
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Author: ISBN: 9781634508339
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Publication: February 9, 2016
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781634508339
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication: February 9, 2016
Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English

A German perspective on one of the most infamous and bloody battles of World War II—includes primary source material, maps, and illustrations.

As the Allied armies swept toward the Reich in late 1944, the German high command embarked on an ambitious plan to gain the initiative on the western front and deal a crippling blow to the Allied war effort. As early as August 1944, when the Germans were being crushed in the east and hammered in Normandy, Hitler was talking of an offensive aimed at destroying as many American and British divisions as possible in a massive surprise assault. By December 1944, Hitler was telling his generals, “the final decisions have been made . . . everything points to victory.”

This volume consists of primary source material, including translations of German documentation and debriefs of German generals, edited by a foremost expert on this decisive campaign. Hitler’s Final Push presents the assessments by leading figures in the German high command of the preparations for the offensive, the progress of the operation, and the performance of the Wehrmacht. There are accounts of Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, head of the high command of the armed forces; Schramm, the keeper of the Wehrmacht’s war diary; transcripts of two of Hitler’s key speeches to his generals; and much more.

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A German perspective on one of the most infamous and bloody battles of World War II—includes primary source material, maps, and illustrations.

As the Allied armies swept toward the Reich in late 1944, the German high command embarked on an ambitious plan to gain the initiative on the western front and deal a crippling blow to the Allied war effort. As early as August 1944, when the Germans were being crushed in the east and hammered in Normandy, Hitler was talking of an offensive aimed at destroying as many American and British divisions as possible in a massive surprise assault. By December 1944, Hitler was telling his generals, “the final decisions have been made . . . everything points to victory.”

This volume consists of primary source material, including translations of German documentation and debriefs of German generals, edited by a foremost expert on this decisive campaign. Hitler’s Final Push presents the assessments by leading figures in the German high command of the preparations for the offensive, the progress of the operation, and the performance of the Wehrmacht. There are accounts of Generaloberst Alfred Jodl, head of the high command of the armed forces; Schramm, the keeper of the Wehrmacht’s war diary; transcripts of two of Hitler’s key speeches to his generals; and much more.

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