{"product_id":"the-wehrmacht-retreats-fighting-a-lost-war-1943-modern-war-studies","title":"The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War  1943 (Modern War Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout 1943  the German army  heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations  succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare. In his new study  prizewinning author Robert Citino chronicles this weakening Wehrmacht  now fighting desperately on the defensive but still remarkably dangerous and lethal.  Drawing on his impeccable command of German-language sources  Citino offers fresh  vivid  and detailed treatments of key campaigns during this fateful year: the Allied landings in North Africa  General von Mansteins great counterstroke in front of Kharkov  the German attack at Kasserine Pass  the titanic engagement of tanks and men at Kursk  the Soviet counteroffensives at Orel and Belgorod  and the Allied landings in Sicily and Italy. Through these events  he reveals how a military establishment historically configured for violent aggression reacted when the tables were turned; how German commanders viewed their newest enemy  the U.S. Army  after brutal fighting against the British and Soviets; and why  despite their superiority in materiel and manpower  the Allies were unable to turn 1943 into a much more decisive year.  Applying the keen operational analysis for which he is so highly regarded  Citino contends that virtually every flawed German decisionto defend Tunis  to attack at Kursk and then call off the offensive  to abandon Sicily  to defend Italy high up the boot and then down much closer to the toehad strong supporters among the armys officer corps. He looks at all of these engagements from the perspective of each combatant nation and also establishes beyond a shadow of a doubt the synergistic interplay between the fronts.  Ultimately  Citino produces a grim portrait of the German officer corps  dispelling the longstanding tendency to blame every bad decision on Hitler. Filled with telling vignettes and sharp portraits and copiously documented  The Wehrmacht Retreats is a dramatic and fast-paced narrative that will engage military historians and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946724683829,"sku":"ByrdShop_0700618260","price":42.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780700618262_87573d10-940b-4c5f-bb26-9080f8c125b3.jpg?v=1770167755","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-wehrmacht-retreats-fighting-a-lost-war-1943-modern-war-studies","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}