How to Lose WWII: Bad Mistakes of the Good War
Author(s): Bill Fawcett
There had never before been a war on the scale of World War II. The sheer size of the conflict and the immense scope of a single battlefield, multiplied the effects of both brilliant and bad decisions. When millions of men are attacking in a Russian offensive or thousands of aircraft are dueling in the skies over Europe, every key decision had dramatic, and often disastrous, results. The author of "How to Lose a Battle" and "How to Lose a War" introduces the catastrophic missteps, including: Poland's lack of preparation for the Nazi invasion; Germany's failure to take Britain out of the war at Dunkirk; Russia playing Goliath to Finland's David; allied forces getting trapped for four months on the beaches of Anzio; and, Germany wasting its costly development of jet power.
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"I recommend it to the armchair strategist and indeed to any student of military history over the ages." -- Esprit de Corp
Bill Fawcett is the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including How To Lose a Battle and How to Lose a War. He is also the author and editor of three historical mystery series and two oral histories of the U.S. Navy SEALS.
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- : HarperCollins
- : 0.227
- : 30 June 2010
- : United States
- : 01 October 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : 352
- : 940.54
- : Paperback
- : Bill Fawcett