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The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944-1945

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The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944-1945

By: Robert M. Citino
Narrated by: Tom Beyer
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By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M. Citino, the world's leading scholar on the subject, posits a more straightforward solution: Bewegungskrieg, the way of war cultivated by the Germans over the course of history. In this book, Citino charts the path by which Bewegungskrieg, or a "war of movement," inexorably led to Nazi Germany's defeat.

The Wehrmacht's Last Stand analyzes the German Totenritt, or "death ride," from January 1944-with simultaneous Allied offensives at Anzio and Ukraine-until May 1945, the collapse of the Wehrmacht in the field, and the Soviet storming of Berlin. In clear and compelling prose, and bringing extensive reading of the German-language literature to bear, Citino focuses on the German view of these campaigns. Often very different from the Allied perspective, this approach allows for a more nuanced and far-reaching understanding of the last battles of the Wehrmacht than any now available. With Citino's previous volumes, Death of the Wehrmacht and The Wehrmacht Retreats, The Wehrmacht's Last Stand completes a uniquely comprehensive picture of the German army's strategy, operations, and performance against the Allies in World War II.

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A fantastic insight into the 'German Way of War', arguing that this was both the Wermacht's strength as well as its archilles heel. That strength ensured that the outcome of WW2 was far from a fait accompli from the beginning, as is usually argued today; a view that I have always found far too complacent. Whatever your own view, this book presents much up to date material about the later war, on both, main, European fronts. The author challenges much of the accepted narrative around the reasons for Germany's loss. It's mainly at the operational level, both scholarly and engaging; with lots of contemporaneous quotes from the German generals involved. An excellent read or listen, even for a WW2 buff. Compared to his talks, which I find a bit flippant at times, he has a more serious and weighty tone here. I don't agree with everything the author says but he backs up his conclusions as a scholar here. Well read audio book too. Highly recommended.

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