Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation: Why Germany Declared War on the United States

ISBN-13: 9781108792547 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Klaus H. Schmider

Opis

In this revisionist account, Klaus H. Schmider examines German strategy, foreign policy and war production to uncover the chain of events which would incite Hitler to declare war on the United States - a move which may have appeared an excellent bet at the time, but which would doom the Third Reich.

Recenzje

'Schmider should be congratulated on an impressive work that adds much to our discussion of German strategy. It deserves widespread attention.' Strategy Page

Spis treści

List of Figures; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations and German Terms; Introduction; 1. Hitler's Pre-war Assessment of the United States and Japan; 2. Hitler's Physical Health in Autumn 1941; 3. 'All measures short of war': the German Assessment of American Strategy, 1940/41; 4. Forging an Unlikely Alliance: Germany and Japan, 1933–1941; 5. Facing the Same Dilemma: The US and German Quest for Rubber; 6. The Crisis of the German War Economy, 1940/41; 7. The End of Blitzkrieg? Barbarossa and the Impact of Lend-Lease; 8. The Battle of the Atlantic; 9. The Luftwaffe on the Eve of Global War; 10. The Holocaust; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.