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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Military Ascent, Moral Decline
1 The Army in The New Reich, 1933–36
2 The Road to War, 1936–39
Part II: Triumph and Hubris
3 Poland, 1939–40
4 ‘Sitzkrieg’, 1939–40
5 The Greatest Victory, 1940
6 Occupying the West, 1940–41
7 Planning Operation Barbarossa, 1940–41
8 Barbarossa Unleashed, 1941
Part III: Losing the Initiative
9 Barbarossa Undone, 1941
10 Resistance and Reaction, 1941: Western Europe and Southeast Europe
11 Winter Crisis, 1941–42
12 The Desert War, 1941–42
13 Southern Russia and Stalingrad, 1942–43
14 Faces of Occupation, 1942–43: The Soviet Union
15 Faces of Occupation, 1942–43: Western Europe and Southeast Europe
16 The Initiative Lost, 1943
Part IV: Beleaguered
17 Takeover in Southern Europe, 1943–44
18 The Eastern Front, 1943–44: The Ostheer Retreats
19 The Eastern Front, 1943–44: The Frontsoldat Endures
20 Italy, 1943–44
21 Fortress Europe Breached, 1943–44
Part V: Defeat, Destruction and Self-Destruction
22 The Greatest Defeat, 1944
23 The Army ‘Recovers’, 1944–45
24 The Army Self-Destructs, 1945
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Appendices
Appendix I: Table of Acronyms
Appendix II: Glossary of German Phrases
Appendix III: Table of Equivalent Ranks
Appendix IV: Figures
Appendix V: Maps
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Notes on Illustrations
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