Books in the Germany & Second World War series

This volume is the third book in the comprehensive series "Germany and the Second World War". It explores the conduct of the war in the Mediterranean region and examines the dramatic military events of this period.

Surveys the first year of the war begun by Nazi Germany. The authors examine the train of interconnected political and military events, and set military operations against the background of Hitler's war policy and general aims, both immediate and long term.

This is the fourth in the comprehensive and authoritative series, Germany and the Second World War. It deals with the attack on the Soviet Union, the turning-point of the war. The detailed analysis is underpinned by an extensive apparatus of maps, diagrams, and tables.

Presents the analysis of the administration and exploitation of the German sphere of power and of the German war economy. This volume shows how, despite military success and increasingly desperate efforts at mobilizing every resource for the war effort, it was becoming apparent that the Reich's strength was spent.

Written from the German perspective by the German historians in the field. This work surveys the forces both inside and outside Germany which paved the way for Hitler. It demonstrates that, despite Nazi propoganda and in stark contrast to 1914, most Germans in 1939 opposed a war which they nevertheless endured with such tragic consequences.

This is part one of the fifth volume in the comprehensive and authoritative series, Germany and the Second World War. It deals with developments in wartime administration, economy, and manpower resources in Germany and its occupied territories from 1939-1941. The detailed analysis is underpinned by an extensive apparatus of maps, diagrams, and tables.

Part of the "Germany and the Second World War" series, this volume deals with the extension of a European into a global war in the period from 1941 to 1943. It focuses on the politics, strategy, and operations of the belligerent powers as Germany lost the initiative to the Allies. It includes maps, diagrams, and tables.

Looks at Germany and her Japanese ally on the defensive after the tide of war turned in 1943. This study of the air war over the Reich and the Luftwaffe's growing impotence is followed by an account of the invasion of occupied France and the Allies' advance to Germany's borders. It also examines Japan's defeat and capitulation.