Germany And: The Second World War: Volume I: The...
: A significant focus is placed on the lack of coordination between the Nazi administration and the armed services, as well as the limits of Hitler's personal involvement with big business and the army.
: The authors detail the transition through rearmament, economic autarky (self-sufficiency), and aggressive diplomacy. Germany and the Second World War: Volume I: The...
: This volume covers 828 pages and examines the shift from the Weimar Republic to the Third Reich's total mobilization for war. Core Themes and Content : A significant focus is placed on the
is the opening installment of a monumental 10-volume series (originally 13 volumes in German as Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg ) produced by the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History) . This volume serves as the foundational analysis of the structural, economic, and political forces that paved the way for Nazi expansionism. Key Publication Details Core Themes and Content is the opening installment
: Wilhelm Deist, Manfred Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann, and Wolfram Wette. Publisher : Oxford University Press (English translation).
: It explores how Nazi ideology permeated all levels of German society and whether these movements were a continuation of historic German nationalism.