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  • The Path to Blitzkrieg

  • Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920 - 1939
  • By: Robert M. Citino
  • Narrated by: Mark Ashby
  • Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (31 ratings)

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The Path to Blitzkrieg

By: Robert M. Citino
Narrated by: Mark Ashby
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Essential background to the German blitzkrieg of World War II

Complements the stories of panzer aces like Otto Carius and Michael Wittmann

In the wake of World War I, the German army lay in ruins - defeated in the war, sundered by domestic upheaval, and punished by the Treaty of Versailles.

A mere 20 years later, Germany possessed one of the finest military machines in the world, capable of launching a stunning blitzkrieg attack against Poland in 1939.

Well-known military historian Robert M. Citino shows how Germany accomplished this astonishing reversal and developed the doctrine, tactics, and technologies that its military would use to devastating effect in World War II.

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Thorough review of Reichswehr in Weimar years

An excellent and fairly fast-moving overview of the interwar development and evolution of the Reichswehr during the years of the Weimar Republic. Very interesting coverage of the evolving Panzerwaffe conceptually, the decline of the mounted cavalry arm and VERY extensive reviews of the methodology and events of the major interwar maneuvers.

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