Germany and the Second World War: Organization and Mobilization in the German Sphere of Power, Wartime Administration, Economy, and Manpower Resources 1942-1944/5 (Germany and the Second World War, Vol 5/II) - Hardcover

Rolf-Dieter Muller; Hans Umbreit; Derry Cook-Radmore; Bernhard R. Kroener

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198208731 ISBN 13: 9780198208730

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 2003

Synopsis

Volume V Part II of the comprehensive and authoritative Germany and the Second World War series spans the years 1942 to 1945, and looks in closely researched detail, and against a background of growing military setbacks and disasters leading to final defeat, at the administration and ruthless exploitation of the occupied countries and of Germany's own allies, and the effect on their populations (in particular their Jews, Roma, and Sinti) and national economies.

This comprehensive study of the meteoric rise to prominence of Hitler's crown prince Albert Speer, and his struggle to implement a 'total war' armaments policy in the face of opposition from the Party's Gauleiters and political rivals in the Nazi leadership, documents with a wealth of maps, diagrams, and tables the achievements of the arms drive he masterminded; a large part of this success is shown to have relied on the forced or slave labour of those under German domination. The conflicting claims of industry and the Wehrmacht for dwindling manpower resources are also considered.

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About the Author

Bernhard R. Kroener, Research Institute of Military History, Potsdam, ,Rolf-Dieter Muller, Research Institute of Military History, Potsdam

Hans Umbreit, Research Institute of Military History, Potsdam

Project co-ordinated by the Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History), Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Translated from the German by Derry Cook-Radmore, Ewald Osers, Barry Smerin, and Barbara Wilson

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0198208731
• ISBN 13: 9780198208730
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1228