Hitler's Commanders: Officers of the Wehrmacht, the Luftwaffe, the Kriegsmarine, and the Waffen-SSRowman & Littlefield, 2012 - 351 páginas Now in an expanded edition that includes biographies of the generals of Stalingrad and a new chapter on the panzer commanders, this book offers rare insight into the men who ran Nazi Germany's war machine. Going beyond common stereotypes, Samuel W. Mitcham and Gene Mueller recount the compelling lives of a varied group of army, navy, Luftwaffe, and SS men. Weaving in dramatic stories of tank commanders, fighter pilots in aerial combat, and U-Boat aces, the authors bring the battlefields of World War II to life. |
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Ch01 THE GENERALS OF THE HIGH COMMAND | 1 |
Ch02 THE WARLORDS OF THE EASTERN FRONT | 33 |
Ch03 THE GENERALS OF STALINGRAD | 71 |
Ch04 THE COMMANDERS IN THE WEST | 105 |
Ch05 THE PANZER COMMANDERS | 159 |
Ch06 THE LORDS OF THE AIR | 177 |
Ch07 THE NAVAL OFFICERS | 207 |
Ch08 THE WAFFENSS | 261 |
Appendix III CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED OPPOSING TANKS | 303 |
Appendix IV LUFTWAFFE AVIATIONn UNIT STRENGTHS AND CHAIN OF COMMAND | 305 |
Appendix V LUFTWAFFE TACTICAL ABBREVIATIONS | 307 |
Appendix VI ACRONYMS | 309 |
NOTES | 311 |
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Photospread | 355 |
Appendix I EQUIVALENT OFFICER RANKS | 299 |
Appendix II GENERAL STAFF POSITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS | 301 |
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