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The German Army's actions in the east reveal a complex interplay between military necessity and ethical considerations. This examination delves into how the army's adherence to this concept led to contradictory behaviors, impacting both military strategy and humanitarian implications during the conflict. The analysis provides insight into the moral dilemmas faced by soldiers and commanders, highlighting the tensions between operational objectives and the consequences of their decisions on civilian populations.

More than just a military history of Britain's suppression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, this is a dissection of how the British empire worked to supress dissent and how subject peoples resisted colonial rule. číst celé

This book provides the first complete English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.

In this revisionist account, Klaus H. Schmider examines German strategy, foreign policy and war production to uncover the chain of events which would incite Hitler to declare war on the United States - a move which may have appeared an excellent bet at the time, but which would doom the Third Reich.

This book examines the British Army's learning processes during the First World War, challenging the notion that the army was stagnant. Through case studies and management theories, Aimée Fox reveals the complexities of military learning, addressing both failures and successes in adapting to wartime challenges and relationships with allies and civilians.

Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly campaign in military history. Its failure was a key turning point of the Second World War. The operation was planned as a Blitzkrieg to win Germany its Lebensraum in the East, and the summer of 1941 is well-known for the German army's unprecedented victories and advances. Yet the German Blitzkrieg depended almost entirely upon the motorised Panzer groups, particularly those of Army Group Centre. Using previously unpublished archival records, David Stahel presents a new history of Germany's summer campaign from the perspective of the two largest and most powerful Panzer groups on the Eastern front. Stahel's research provides a fundamental reassessment of Germany's war against the Soviet Union, highlighting the prodigious internal problems of the vital Panzer forces and revealing that their demise in the earliest phase of the war undermined the whole German invasion.

An innovative study revealing how both sides adapted to the changing realities of the final months on the Western Front.

This new study of Britain's counterinsurgency campaign in Kenya examines the difference between official and accepted methods of conquering insurgents.

Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Mustafa Aksakal's dramatic study demonstrates that responsibility went far beyond the war minister, Enver Pasha, and that the road to war was paved by the demands of a politically... číst celé

Exploring the shared experiences of German and British soldiers during the First World War, this comparative history delves into the psychological and physical challenges faced by troops on both sides. It examines their resilience and coping mechanisms amidst the brutality of war, highlighting the human capacity for endurance in the face of adversity. Through personal accounts and historical analysis, the book sheds light on the commonalities and differences in their wartime experiences.

World War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly those on the Eastern Front. Phillips Payson O'Brien shows us the war in a completely different light. In this compelling new history of the Allied path to victory, he argues that in terms of production, technology and economic power, the war was far more a contest of air and sea than of land supremacy. He shows how the Allies developed a predominance of air and sea power which put unbearable pressure on Germany and Japan's entire war-fighting machine from Europe and the Mediterranean to the Pacific. Air and sea power dramatically expanded the area of battle and allowed the Allies to destroy over half of the Axis' equipment before it had even reached the traditional 'battlefield'. Battles such as El Alamein, Stalingrad and Kursk did not win World War II; air and sea power did.

The Battle of Jutland, fought between the British and German fleets in 1916, was the greatest naval engagement of the First World War. John Brooks presents a full account of the Battle, based on contemporary sources, which offers challenging new interpretations of the action and of its technologies, tactics and leadership.