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Loading... The Other Side of the Hill: Germany's Generals, Their Rise and Fall, with Their Own Account of Military Events, 1939-1945 (1948)by Basil H. Liddell Hart
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A fascinating account of German decision-making in there Second World War based on interviews with a number of generals immediately after the war was concluded. But a grain of salt is needed: the generals needed to salvage their reputations and Liddell Hart was keen to burnish his reputation as a proponent of tank warfare. You will need to have a set of maps handy. ( ) A very interesting account, but one that the German generals exploited for all it was worth. The appealed to Hart's ego and he got their version of events out for them. Of course, that version was that they were innocent dupes of the Nazi regime and knew nothing of atrocities towards civilians. Subsequent historiography has proven that they knew more than the claimed and played a larger role in waging aggressive war against civilians than they claimed in their talks with Hart. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesDas Heyne Sachbuch (32)
Statements made to the author in 1945 by German generals detained as prisoners of war with the author's comments. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.5343History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- World War II Europe Germany; Austria; Czechoslovakia; Poland; HungaryLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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