War at any price: World War II in Europe, 1939 - 1945
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Preface xi
Maps xiv
Chronology xvi
Part One The Origins
1
World War I and Its Aftermath 1
Europe before the War 1
World War I Breaks Out 4
The United States and Soviet Russia 13
2 /
Fascism, National Socialism, and
the Formation of the Axis 19
The Rise of Fascism in Italy 19
The Rise of Nazism in Germany 22
Hitler’s Rise to Power 23
The Nazis Gain a Foothold 26
The Nazis Seize Power 27
The Nazi Party in Action 28
A New German Military 30
The West’s Response to Hitler 31
The Soviet Response 32
Franco-Soviet Relations 33
Italian Adventurism and the Spanish Civil
War 35
The Axis and the Anti-Comintern
Pact 37
Hitler’s Grand Strategy 38
3
The Prelude 41
Austria: The First Victim 41
From Austria to Czechoslovakia 44
VII
viii Contents
Confrontation 46
The Munich Conference 46
International Reaction to Munich 48
The Polish Crisis 49
The Strengthening of the Rome-Berlin
Axis 54
Part Two The Axis on the Offensive
4
World War II: The Overture 61
The Polish Campaign 61
The British and French Response 68
Continued British and French
Passivity 70
Soviet Expansionism in Eastern
Europe 72
Enigma 74
5
The Scandinavian Gambles 76
The Rival Camps during the “Phony
War” 76
The Allied Blockade and the Sea War 77
The Finnish Campaign 78
Allied Interests in Scandinavia 82
Helsinki Negotiates 84
Hitler Moves North 86
The Allies Respond 89
The German Victory in Scandinavia 90
Gambles Won and Lost 92
6
A Decisive Victory in the West? 93
Planning the Western Offensive 93
The Orders of Battle 95
The German Attack 97
The “Impassable” Ardennes 99
The German Advance 100
Churchill Becomes Prime Minister 101
New French Leadership and the British
Expeditionary Force 104
The Evacuation of Dunkirk 105
France’s Defenses Fail J07
The Fall of France 108
Hitler’s Triumph 109
Italian Opportunism 110
Reasons for the German Success 111
Blood, Sweat, and Tears 112
7
Britain s Lonely Stand 114
Hitler’s View of Britain 114
Britain Refuses to Yield 115
The Destruction of the French Navy 116
Invasion Plans and the Balance of
Forces 121
The Battle of Britain 124
Why Germany Lost the Battle 127
New Armed Forces in the Making 131
The Mobilization of the Home Front 131
8
The Struggle for the
Mediterranean 134
The North African and Mediterranean
Theater of Operation 134
Consequences of the African and
Mediterranean Triumphs 143
9
The Balkans 147
The Italian Campaign against Greece 149
Yugoslavia’s Predicament 151
The Political Struggle for and in
Yugoslavia 152
The Axis Attacks 155
Britain Aids Greece 157
The Invasion of Greece 158
The Battle of Crete 160
The Significance of the African and
Balkan Conflicts 162
Contents
10
Toward Cairo and Moscow 163
German Preparations for Entering North
Africa 163
Rommel Lands in Africa 165
The Political Situation in the Middle
East 167
Increasing Russo-German Tensions 168
Germany Strikes 169
The Battle of Russia 172
The German Drive Falters 175
Stalin’s Response to the Crisis 176
The Atlantic Conference 177
Soviet-Polish Relations 179
The Battle of Moscow 180
Reasons for the German Failure 182
The United States Enters the War 183
Timing and Resources 186
Part Three The Axis in Retreat
11
The Turn of the Tide in the West:
The Battle of the Atlantic and El
Alamein 187
Allied Strategy 187
The Battle of the Atlantic 190
Britain’s Desperate Measures 195
The War in Africa 196
12
The North African Landing 205
The Politics of Torch 205
Hitler Responds to the Allied
Landing 208
The Casablanca Conference 210
The Battle of Tunisia 212
The Significance of the Allied
Victories 215
13
The Turn of the Tide in the East:
Stalingrad and Kursk 218
A New German Offensive in Russia 218
14
The Invasion of Italy, the Air
Offensive, and the Teheran
Conference 233
The “Major Martin” Ruse 234
The Allies Strike 235
Italy Changes Sides 239
The Allied Air Offensive 243
Arrival of the US. Air Force 244
The Teheran Conference 246
15
The New Order 251
The Nature and Structure of the New
Order 252
The Expansion of the Third Reich 254
Hitler’s Vassals 256
Eastern Troops 259
The “Resettlement” of the Tews
261
The Final Solution 263
The Allied Response and Jewish
Resistance 265
Attempting to Understand the
Holocaust 267
Other Holocausts 267
16
The Resistance 272
East and West 273
Communism and the Resistance
Movement 274
The Resistance in Eastern Europe
278
The French Resistance 279
The SOE and the OSS 281
Daring Exploits 283
Allied Intelligence Networks 284
Espionage in the Neutral Countries 286
Opposition and Conspiracy in
Germany 287
x Contents
The Opposition in Italy 291
Other Resistance Activities 292
17
The Reconquest of Europe 294
Preparing for D-Day 294
German Preparations 296
Operation Overlord 297
Hitler Taken Off Guard 299
The Battle of the Beaches 300
The Battle of Normandy 302
A Change of Command 303
Hitler’s Secret Weapons 304
An Attempt on Hitler’s Life 305
The Latter Phases of the Battle 305
Toward Paris 307
The Soviet Drive Westward 308
The Balkans 310
The End of the Second Battle of
France 311
Two Strategies 312
The Battle of Arnhem 314
The German Counteroffensive 317
The Yalta Conference 320
Concessions and Ambivalence 323
18
The Last Battles 325
The Bombing of Dresden 325
The Value of Strategic Bombing 327
The Battle of Germany 328
Who Will Take Berlin?” 330
The Death of Roosevelt 333
On the Eve of the Fall of Berlin 334
Hitler’s Death 335
Hitler in Retrospect 336
The Italian Campaign 337
Germany Surrenders 339
The End of the War in Europe 341
Part Four The Aftermath
19
The Potsdam Conference and the
New Status Quo 343
The Potsdam Conference 343
The Trial at Nuremberg 349
20
The War in Retrospect 353
A Beastly Madness 353
Why Germany Lost the War 354
Further Reasons for Germany’s
Defeat 356
Armies and Strategy 358
New Methods of Warfare 361
The Postwar World 362
Selected Bibliography 367
Index 375
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