Hitler's War Directives 1939-1945

Edited [with an Introduction] by H. R. Trevor-Roper

ISBN 10: 0330201468 / ISBN 13: 9780330201469

Published by Pan, London, United Kingdom, 1966

About this Item

Mass market paperback, 319 pages including maps; spine and covers creased, red ink underlinings on all 18 pages of Introduction, pages age toned, otherwise clean and unmarked. See also our listings for Glenn Infield's very scarce The Private Lives of Eva and Adolf: A Photographic Documentary of Hitler's Sixteen-Year Love Affair, and for Ian Kershaw's Hitler (Profiles in Power series).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hitler's War Directives 1939-1945
• Publisher: Pan, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1966
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330201468
• ISBN 13: 9780330201469
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Very Good -
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Military History

About this title

Synopsis

The Second World War was Hitler's personal war in many senses. He intended it, prepared for it, chose the moment for launching it, planned its course, and, on several occasions between 1939 and 1942, claimed to have won it.

Although the aims he sought to achieve were old nationalist aspirations, the fact that the policy and strategy for their realization were imposed so completely by Hitler meant that if victory had come, it would have been very much a personal the ultimate failure was thus a personal one too.

This book presents all of Hitler's directives, from preparations for the invasion of Poland (31 August 1939) to his last desperate order to his troops on the Eastern Front (15 April 1945), whom he urges to choke the Bolshevik assault 'in a bath of blood'. They provide a fascinating insight into Hitler's mind and how he interpreted and reacted to events as they unfolded. The book also has detailed notes which link the Fuhrer's orders and explain the consequences of his directives and how the Allies responded to them.