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In a book that is at once a major contribution to modern European history and a cautionary tale for today, Isabel V. Hull argues that the routines and practices of the Imperial German Army, unchecked by effective civilian institutions, increasin[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-8014-7293-0 Article on page: XI, 384 p. Class number: 355.02/13/094309034 Tags: Militarism--Germany--History ; Germany--History, Military--19th century ; Germany--History, Military--20th century Languages: English Books
The imperial German army in 1914 was not the juggernaut that many presumed; rather, it was a force mired in tradition that had developed many structural weaknesses. Most English-language histories of the Great War's battles are based on British [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-3-902526-65-6 Article on page: XXV, 532 p. Accompanying material: 2 plans Descriptors: Class number: 940.413 Tags: Germany. Heer ; World War, 1914-1918--Germany ; Germany--History, Military--20th century Languages: English Books
This book reassesses the critical role played by Germany in the events leading to the First World War. Contemporary historians have argued that German leaders acted defensively in 1914, conscious of the Reich's deteriorating military and diploma[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-85973-870-2 Article on page: IX, 268 p. Descriptors: Class number: 940.3/11 Tags: World War, 1914-1918--Causes--Germany ; Military planning--Germany--History--20th century ; Germany--History, Military--20th century ; Germany--Politics and government--1871-1918 Languages: English Books
Hans Ehlert ; Michael Epkenhans ; Gerhard p. Gross ; David t. Zabecki, Translator | Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky | 2014With the creation of the Franco-Russian Alliance and the failure of the Reinsurance Treaty in the late nineteenth century, Germany needed a strategy for fighting a two-front war. In response, Field Marshal Count Alfred von Schlieffen produced a [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-8131-4746-8 Article on page: 577 p. Accompanying material: 2 cartes Descriptors: Class number: 940.4/0130943 Tags: Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von, 1833-1913 ; Schlieffen Plan ; Strategy ; Military planning--Germany ; World War, 1914-1918--Germany ; World War, 1914-1918--France ; Germany--History, Military--20th century Languages: English Books
The Waffen-SS was one of the most feared combat organizations of the twentieth century. Originally formed as a protection squad for Adolf Hitler it became the military wing of Heinrich Himmler's SS and a key part of the Nazi state, with nearly 9[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-306-82465-4 Article on page: IX, 496 p. Descriptors: Class number: 940.54/1343 Tags: Waffen-SS--History ; World War, 1939-1945--Germany ; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe ; Germany--History, Military--20th century Languages: English Books
Matthias Strohn | Cambridge [United Kingdom] : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge military histories | 2017"Historical research on the German army of the interwar period has concentrated on the development of the so-called 'Blitzkrieg'. However, Matthias Strohn shows that for most of the time the German army, restricted by the terms of the Versailles[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-316-63369-4 Article on page: X, 277 p. Descriptors: Class number: 355.42094309041 Tags: Germany. Heer--History--20th century ; Military doctrine--Germany--History--20th century ; Germany--History, Military--20th century Languages: English Books
Jean-claude Lapara, Author ; Patrice Loiseleux-ramos, Author | Paris : Histoire & Collections | 2016Le Corps alpin allemand, créé en mai 1915 en tant que première grande unité allemande de montagne, se bat jusqu'en 1918 sur plusieurs fronts. Engagé le plus souvent en fonction de l'objectif de sa création, le combat en montagne, il va de l'un à[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-2-35250-438-2 Article on page: 195 p. Descriptors: Class number: 940.413 43 Tags: Germany. Heer--Alpenkorps (1915-1918)--History ; Germany. Heer--Alpenkorps--History ; World War, 1914-1918--Mountain warfare ; World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--Germany ; Mountain warfare--History--20th century ; Germany--History, Military--20th century Languages: French Books
Michael Epkenhaus ; Hans Ehlert ; Gerhard p. Gross ; Militärgeschichtlichen forschungsamtes und otto-von-bismarck-stiftung | Paderborn : Schöningh | Zeitalter der Weltkriege | 2006Der schlieffenplan galt jahrzehntelang als Grundlage der deutschen Aufmarschplanungen im Vorfeld des Ersten Weltkrieges. Neuerdings aber ist diese Auffassung kontrovers diskutiert worden. die Auseinandersetzungen gipfeln in der provozierenden Fr[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-3-506-75629-9 Article on page: 495 p. Descriptors: Class number: 940.343 Tags: Schlieffen, Alfred, Graf von, 1833-1913 ; Schlieffen Plan ; Strategy ; Military planning--Germany ; World War, 1914-1918--Germany ; World War, 1914-1918--France ; Germany--History, Military--20th century Languages: German Books
Article on page: 176 Descriptors: Class number: 940.534 3 Tags: World War, 1939-1945--Germany ; Arms equipment ; Germany--History, Military--20th century ; Germany--Armed forces Languages: English Books
ISBN (or other code): 978-3-411-02381-3 Article on page: 316 Class number: 355.033 043 Tags: Germany. Heer ; NATO ; Germany--History, Military--20th century ; Germany--Military policy Languages: German