Germany and the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse
Robert L. Dinardo
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hardcover. Presents facts that reveal how the Axis coalition undermined Hitler's objectives from the Eastern Front to the Balkans, Mediterranean, and North Africa. The author argues that the Axis military alliance was doomed from the beginning by a lack of common aims, the absence of a unified command structure, and each nation's mistrust of the others. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
It seemed that whenever Mussolini acted on his own, it was bad news for Hitler. Indeed, the Fuhrer's relations with his Axis partners were fraught with an almost total lack of coordination. Compared to the Allies, the coalition was hardly an alliance at all. Focusing on Germany's military relations with Italy, Romania, Hungary, and Finland, Richard DiNardo unearths a wealth of little-known facts that reveal how the Axis coalition largely undermined Hitler's objectives from the Eastern Front to the Balkans, Mediterranean, and North Africa. DiNardo argues that the Axis military alliance was doomed from the beginning by a lack of ... Read more
It seemed that whenever Mussolini acted on his own, it was bad news for Hitler. Indeed, the Fuhrer's relations with his Axis partners were fraught with an almost total lack of coordination. Compared to the Allies, the coalition was hardly an alliance at all. Focusing on Germany's military relations with Italy, Romania, Hungary, and Finland, Richard DiNardo unearths a wealth of little-known facts that reveal how the Axis coalition largely undermined Hitler's objectives from the Eastern Front to the Balkans, Mediterranean, and North Africa. DiNardo argues that the Axis military alliance was doomed from the beginning by a lack of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700614127
SKU
V9780700614127
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About Robert L. Dinardo
Richard L. DiNardo is professor for national security affairs at the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College and author of Germany's Panzer Arm and Mechanized Juggernaut or Military Anachronism? Horses and the German Army of World War II.
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