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Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe by Steven D. MercatanteConventional wisdom explains German defeat during World War II as almost inevitable, primarily for reasons of Allied economic or military brute force created when Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941 and entered into a two-front war.Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe challenges this conventional wisdom, highlighting how the re-establishment of the traditional German art of warupdated to accommodate new weapons systemspaved the way for Germany to forge a considerable military edge over its much larger rivals by playing to its qualitative strengths as a continental power. Ironically, these methodologies also created and exacerbated internal contradictions that undermined the very war machine they enabled and left it vulnerable to enemies with the capacity to adapt and build on potent military traditions of their own.The book begins by examining the methods by which the German economy and military prepared for war and the military establishment's formidable strengthsplus weaknesses. Steven D. Mercatante then offers an entirely new perspective on t

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Author

Steven D. Mercatante

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781442236868

Category

history

Subjects

History, Technology, American Studies

Rating

4.3 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14