"An authoritative and impressive study... This handsomely, lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive overview of Hitler's army that demands a niche in every World War II library. It is lucid, literate, and immenselydetailed... A rewarding work." -- WWII History

• Key to maps Foreword Introduction Part I: Creating the Machine Genesis of the War Machine Blitzkrieg: Myth and Reality Part II: The Years of Attack Honing the Weapon The Campaign in Norway Western Triumph Hitler's Balkan Interlude The North African War The Eastern Front 1941-42 The Eastern Front 1942 Part III: The Nature of the Army Hitler at War High Command Junior Commanders The Rank and File The Army and Nazism Part IV: The Years of Defense Triumph of Improvisation Defense in the East 1943-45 Arming Hitler's Army Partisan War The Army and the Waffen-SS Fighting the Materialschlacht Valor Not Enough The Legacy of Wehrmacht Appendices Early Panzer Divisions Later Panzer Divisions Panzergrenadier Divisions Motorized Infantry Divisions Infantry Divisions Volksgrenadier Divisions Waffen-SS Panzer Divisions Divisional Strengths Tanks Strength of Panzer Divisions German Tank Strengths Anti-Tank Tactics German Ranks Rank Equivalents Casualty Figures Glossary Bibliography Index