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Laddar... Hitler's Commander: Field Marshal Walther Model--Hitler's Favorite Generalav Steven H. Newton
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Seeing as Walther Model is a somewhat notorious figure, even by the standards of the Third Reich, Newton's conclusions are rather interesting. At the very least it seems as though Model was anything but a toady in regards to Hitler, but was so indifferent as to how an end was achieved that it's hard to tell. There is also the matter of his abrasiveness and idiosyncratic command style, which was guaranteed to alienate the General-Staff types who wrote the post-war apologies for the German army, while neglecting to note that Model achieved his commands due to seniority and performance, not through courtiership. Still, despite Model's ability at front-line defense under broken-backed conditions, Newton considers Model to have lacked a real flair for offense and the vision to be a theater-level commander. Finally, Newton believes that Model's suicide was less about honor and more the case of a hollow man who lacked the character to continue when his world collapsed; though this made him a convenient scapegoat for the aforementioned post-war apologists. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Field Marshal Walther Model (1891-1945) was an extremely capable and aggressive German commander who rose through the ranks of the Wehrmacht's high command during World War II. His expertise in rebuilding broken fronts earned him the nickname of the "Fuhrer's Fireman," and throughout the war, Hitler relied on the rapidly promoted general to save his army in several desperate situations, despite the fact that Model was often quite blunt with his erratic Fuhrer.Model'sgreatest achievement was the restoration of stability along the eastern front in June 1944. In August he was sent to restore the deteriorating western front, where he re-established a strong defensive line along the West Wall in September. He was second-in-command at the Battle of the Bulge and was leading the German army when it collapsed at the end of the war. Rather than surrender, he shot himself in April 1945.Although Model destroyed most of his personal papers just before he died, StephenH. Newton draws on a wide variety of original German sources, including extensive Wehrmacht archival material, to tell the first and only authoritative story of the commander who was Hitler's favorite. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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