History of the German General Staff
Author : Walter Goerlitz
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 34,46 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Germany
ISBN :
Author : Walter Goerlitz
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 34,46 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Germany
ISBN :
Author : Walter Görlitz
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 1165 pages
File Size : 50,76 MB
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1786254956
Includes more than twenty portraits and the World War Two On The Eastern Front (1941-1945) Illustration Pack – 198 photos/illustrations and 46 maps. The HISTORY OF THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF is the first comprehensive history of the Prussian and later German General Staff from its earliest beginnings in the Thirty Years’ War to the German unconditional surrender in 1945. With the dawn of the industrial age, war was taken out of the hands of monarchs and aristocrats. During the first decades of its existence the German General Staff was led by idealists with constructive political conceptions and ethical and Christian mentality. The emergence of the anonymous technicians, whose political convictions were either non-existent or formed by military necessity or ambitions, only served to aggravate an expansionist, adventurous, and militaristic national temperament. Hitler’s decision to force his country into a war which could not end well and his deep hostility toward the General Staff created the greatest tragedy in its history when most of its members were continually torn by the struggle between human, ethical, and patriotic responsibilities on the one hand and by military obedience as exemplified in their military oath on the other. The continual conflict ended in the attempt on Hitler’s life and also in the complete destruction of the German General Staff by Hitler himself...There were aloof and cold technicians, warm-hearted, emotional men with European conceptions, fanatical Nazis, gullible dupes, drill-sergeant types, and true idealistic aristocrats like Stauffenberg. The...HISTORY OF THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF, which is based on tremendous research in German and foreign sources and on many interviews with German generals and staff officers who survived World War II, is considered the standard work in the field.
Author : Walter Goerlitz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 042971792X
This book is about the social and economic setting of the Hitler era. It unveils an amazing story about the bitter end of the German Great General Staff, the once most precise and powerful director of military policy known to the Western world, and its command in a democratic-capitalistic society.
Author : Spenser Wilkinson
Publisher : Westmister : A. Constable
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,87 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Military art and science
ISBN :
Discusses aspects of the German general staff.
Author : Walter Görlitz
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 37,70 MB
Release : 1985-07-11
Category : History
ISBN :
The German General Staff traces its origins to the armies of Frederick the Great. The Germany Staff lead a formidable and ruthless army with great expertise and military professionalism. The German Army served as a model to other nations wanting to strengthen their arms in a changing world of politics and technology.
Author : Trevor Nevitt Dupuy
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN :
"Presents the case that the key to German success in war lies not in some biological predisposition for battlefield success, not in adaptation to mindless regimentation, nor in fanatical devotion to leader or cause, but rather in the development and implementation of a unique, creative General Staff system which, by its very design and professionalism, was able to institutionalize excellence"--Jacket.
Author : David J. A. Stone
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,41 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Germany
ISBN : 9781612000985
"A new and authoritative study of Hitler's relationship with the German Army general staff in the period leading up to and during World War II. Examines the general staff's struggle to work effectively under Hitler, despite facing many challenges--not least the F'uhrer's own divisive policies and directives. Illuminates the fractured nature of the German army command in the latter stages of the war as the general staff was marginalized by the Nazis. Dispels many widely held myths concerning the key staff officers that served the Third Reich, while also identifying their personal and collective failures and oversights. Analyzes and evaluates the army's involvement in the German resistance movement, the repercussions of the abortive assassination attempt against Hitler in the von Stauffenberg plot of 1944, and the unsuccessful bid to initiate Operation Valkyrie."--P. [4] of jacket.
Author : Prussia . Armee. Grosser Generalstab. Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 17,61 MB
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Law
ISBN :
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The War Book of the German General Staff" (Being "The Usages of War on Land" Issued by the Great General Staff of the German Army) by Prussia . Armee. Grosser Generalstab. Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Barry A. Leach
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,44 MB
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN :
En beskrivelse af den tyske generalstabs historie og organisation, vægten er lagt på 2. Verdenskrig i beskrivelsen og i vurderingen af generalstabens betydning. Das Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)
Author : Gerhard P. Gross
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,93 MB
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0813168392
Surrounded by potential adversaries, nineteenth-century Prussia and twentieth-century Germany faced the formidable prospect of multifront wars and wars of attrition. To counteract these threats, generations of general staff officers were educated in operational thinking, the main tenets of which were extremely influential on military planning across the globe and were adopted by American and Soviet armies. In the twentieth century, Germany's art of warfare dominated military theory and practice, creating a myth of German operational brilliance that lingers today, despite the nation's crushing defeats in two world wars. In this seminal study, Gerhard P. Gross provides a comprehensive examination of the development and failure of German operational thinking over a period of more than a century. He analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of five different armies, from the mid--nineteenth century through the early days of NATO. He also offers fresh interpretations of towering figures of German military history, including Moltke the Elder, Alfred von Schlieffen, and Erich Ludendorff. Essential reading for military historians and strategists, this innovative work dismantles cherished myths and offers new insights into Germany's failed attempts to become a global power through military means.