Chapter 1 In this chapter, Citino makes it clear that in 1942, when the United States entered World War II, the US was strategically backward, especially in sharp contrast to the Germans. The United States positioned infantry first, then tanks behind; the author said the USA was stuck in old ways of war strategy. This […]
About the author Citino is a German military historian with a specialty in the Second World War. He has published multiple books on the German way of war, which has earned him numerous awards, including the Samuel Elliot Morison Prize in 2021. In his books, he has emphasized that Bewegungskrieg was the proper name for
About the Author (Robert Gerwarth) Robert Gerwarth is a historian of twentieth-century Europe with a particular focus on the First and Second World Wars. He holds an MA from Berlin’s Humboldt Universität and a DPhil from Oxford University, where he also spent three years as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and a further two years
About Heinrich Fraenkel Heinrich Fraenkel was born in Poznan, Poland, on September 28, 1987. He did not fight in the First World War but was captured during the war and was put in a POW camp. This was where he developed his English language to a good standard. He lived most of his life in
About Roger Manvell Roger Manvell was born on October 10, 1909, and he lived until November 30, 1987. He was known for the propaganda films he created for Great Britain during the Second World War. For his biography about Hitler’s inner circle, he worked with Heinrich Fraenkel, who was a German Jew who had lived
About Antony Beevor Antony Beevor is a British military historian who had served in the British Army, notably the 11th Hussars. The 11th Hussars fought in the battle for Normandy in 1944, although without Sir Beevor, who later joined the regiment in 1967. Chapter 1: Who was the commander of the D-Day invasion? None of
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor is 145,438 words; I’ve summarized it to just 1,710 words, part by part and chapter by chapter. About Antony Beevor Anthony Beevor is a British military historian who has also served in the British military. He has written several books about major battles of World War II, which have been translated
From July 1944 to May 1945, The End covers all human factors that kept the Nazis in power even though it was certain they had failed the German nation. About the author Ian Kershaw is a British professor of history born in 1943. He has published over a dozen bestsellers on Hitler and Nazi-related topics,
About the Author Sir Richard John Evans is a Regius professor of history born on 29 September 1947 in the United Kingdom. His large contributions focused on 19th- and 20th-century European history, Nazi Germany in particular. The professor has published several bestsellers, but he’s most known for the Third Reich trilogy. A three-part book on
The Summary Atomic Habits by James Clear shows how small changes with consistency lead to amazing results. He learned this firsthand, recovering from an injury, proving that small improvements add up. Just forget about setting goals; it won’t do you any good. Focus instead on building solid systems. As said in the book, “You do