Project co-ordinated by the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt; Translated from the German by Dean S. McMurray, and Ewald Osers; Translation Editor: P. S. Falla

'a fascinating volume ... As with volume I of the English edition, and the complete German version, this remains an indispensable contribution to its field.' John P. Fox, International Affairs, 1/92

• PART I: POLITICS AND WARFARE IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE; PART II: ACTION PLANS AND SITUATION ASSESSMENTS OF THE LUFTWAFFE AND NAVY BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR; PART III: HITLER'S FIRST BLITZKRIEG AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR NORTH-EASTERN EUROPE; PART IV: THE FIRST PHASE OF THE WAR AT SEA UP TO THE SPRING OF 1940; PART V: SECURING THE NORTHERN FLANK OF EUROPE; PART VI: THE BATTLE FOR HEGEMONY IN WESTERN EUROPE; PART VII: THE OPERATIONAL AIR WAR UNTIL THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN; PART VIII: THE SECOND PHASE OF THE WAR AT SEA (UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1941); PART IX: DIRECT STRATEGY AGAINST BRITAIN

Project co-ordinated by the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt; Translated from the German by Dean S. McMurray, and Ewald Osers; Translation Editor: P. S. Falla

'a fascinating volume ... As with volume I of the English edition, and the complete German version, this remains an indispensable contribution to its field.' John P. Fox, International Affairs, 1/92

• PART I: POLITICS AND WARFARE IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE; PART II: ACTION PLANS AND SITUATION ASSESSMENTS OF THE LUFTWAFFE AND NAVY BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR; PART III: HITLER'S FIRST BLITZKRIEG AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR NORTH-EASTERN EUROPE; PART IV: THE FIRST PHASE OF THE WAR AT SEA UP TO THE SPRING OF 1940; PART V: SECURING THE NORTHERN FLANK OF EUROPE; PART VI: THE BATTLE FOR HEGEMONY IN WESTERN EUROPE; PART VII: THE OPERATIONAL AIR WAR UNTIL THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN; PART VIII: THE SECOND PHASE OF THE WAR AT SEA (UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1941); PART IX: DIRECT STRATEGY AGAINST BRITAIN

Project co-ordinated by the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt; Translated from the German by Dean S. McMurray, and Ewald Osers; Translation Editor: P. S. Falla

'a fascinating volume ... As with volume I of the English edition, and the complete German version, this remains an indispensable contribution to its field.' John P. Fox, International Affairs, 1/92

• PART I: POLITICS AND WARFARE IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE; PART II: ACTION PLANS AND SITUATION ASSESSMENTS OF THE LUFTWAFFE AND NAVY BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR; PART III: HITLER'S FIRST BLITZKRIEG AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR NORTH-EASTERN EUROPE; PART IV: THE FIRST PHASE OF THE WAR AT SEA UP TO THE SPRING OF 1940; PART V: SECURING THE NORTHERN FLANK OF EUROPE; PART VI: THE BATTLE FOR HEGEMONY IN WESTERN EUROPE; PART VII: THE OPERATIONAL AIR WAR UNTIL THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN; PART VIII: THE SECOND PHASE OF THE WAR AT SEA (UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1941); PART IX: DIRECT STRATEGY AGAINST BRITAIN