Defeat in the West by Milton Shulman

Defeat in the West by Milton Shulman

In 1945 the once mighty Wehrmacht was reduced to a pathetic shadow of its former self as the thousand-year Reich lay in ruins. The war in the West had been lost and its protagonists scattered in prisoner-of-war camps across Europe. In his line of duty, Major Shulman interrogated many enemy prisoners, including such senior officers as von Rundstedt, 'Sepp' Dietrich and Kurt Student, and from them he learnt why it was that such a superbly armed body of fighting men suffered such a calamitous defeat. First published in 1947, this book was the first to reveal the truth of so much that had happened in the war, and how the discipline and ignorance of the German military machine served Hitler well and Germany badly. It is now a classic of military history.

Milton Shulman fought at Normandy as an Intelligence Officer with the Canadian Armoured Corps. After the war he interviewed many of the German Army's most senior generals, whose candid observations on their military performance, and the nature of the regime, form the substance of this book. After the war, Milton Shulman became known as a London theatre and film critic, a writer and novelist, and a political commentator of note. He was latterly editor of the London Evening Standard.

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ISBN 13	9780304366033
ISBN 10	030436603X
Titel	Defeat in the West
Autor	Milton Shulman
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Orion Publishing Co
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-11-13
Seitenanzahl	400
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