HITLER'S SHATTERED DREAMS OF EMPIRE: Crucial Battles of the Eastern and Western Front 1941-1944

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Second of a three-part, in-depth study dealing with Hitler's influence on the crucial 1941 battles on the Eastern front as well as the 1944-45 Allied invasions of 'Festung Europa' and the Ardennes Offensive. Analyzes each of the Third Reich's military campaigns and the programs for the development of new weapons -- paying special attention to Hitler's role in them. How well did Hitler do as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Chancellor, Minister of War, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army?

The book is based entirely on the evidence of the most senior military personnel who were there at the time, from their contemporaneous diaries and subsequent writings. The sources used include the diaries and recollections of three Chiefs of the Army General Staff; Field-Marshals Rommel, von Rundstedt, von Bock, von Kliest, and von Manstein; and numerous other senior generals, Hitler's military adjutants, ministers of his government, and evidence from the Trial of the Major War Criminals at Nuremberg. Is there a consistent thread in this evidence?