The Second World War was Hitler Zs personal war in many senses. He intended it, prepared for it, chose the moment for launching it, planned its course, and, on several occasions between 1939 and 1942, claimed to have won it. Although the aims he sought to achieve were old nationalist aspirations, the fact that the policy and strategy for their realization were imposed so completely by Hitler meant that if victory had come, it would have been very much a personal triumph: the ultimate failure was thus a personal one too. This book presents all of Hitler Zs directives, from preparations for the invasion of Poland (31 August 1939) to his last desperate order to his troops on the Eastern Front (15 April 1945), whom he urges to choke the Bolshevik assault (R)in a bath of blood Z. They provide a fascinating insight into Hitler Zs mind and how he interpreted and reacted to events as they unfolded. The book also has detailed notes which link the F hrer Zs orders and explain the consequences of his directives and how the Allies responded to them.
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Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, was one of the most eminent historians of his generation. He was born in Northumberland in 1914 and educated at Oxford, where he was Regius Professor of Modern History from 1957 to 1980. In 1980 he was appointed Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge and was created a life peer in 1987. He was a prolific author who wrote on a wide range of historical periods, from medieval to contemporary, but he is particularly well-known for his work on the Third Reich, especially his The Last Days of Hitler (1947). Hugh Trevor-Roper died in 2003.
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First read this 20 years ago and pleased to get this copy.Very good insight into Hitlers thought processes and how he responded to events. Only read if you are a keen historian with a good understanding of the 2nd world war...one for historians I think. Loads of detail etc etc
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Useful Reference but rather spartan
4 Mar 2007
By R. A Forczyk
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Hitler's War Directives, edited by Hugh Trevor-Roper, lists Hitler's orders from August 1939 to April 1945. The book is adequate as far as it goes but it has no appendices, only 5 simple maps and a short index. I found it difficult to find specific orders unless you knew the approximate date. Also, Hitler's orders were often accompanied by OKH/OKW orders that added further detail, but which are not provided here. This book would have been much more useful as a larger volume, with more maps and sidebars on the Fuhrer's headquarters, the OKH, etc. A bare-bones paperback edition like this is just too limited.
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A welcome reprint of a useful volume
4 May 2008
By David W. Lang
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Hitler's War Directives is a reprint of a reference work first made available in 1964. Eighty of Hitler's major directives are included here, and all are ably edited, annotated, and commented upon by one of England's more noted and sometimes controversial historians.
This book can, in a few nights reading, give anyone a good, concise view of Hitler's thinking throughout the war. Indeed, the short introduction by Trevor-Roper gives an economic and admirable summary of Hitler's planning as well as reflections on Hitler's approach to developing situations.
As one reads his directives, one is struck occasionally by the grotesque deception ("all political possibilities of peaceful settlement have been exhausted" opens his directive to attack Poland in 1939) and the absurd optimism ("our military mastery of the European continent after the overthrow of Russia will make it possible to considerably reduce the strength of the Army"), but much more often can be seen Hitler's surprisingly well reasoned grasp of even deteriorating circumstances. His image in the bunker notwithstanding, he did not always manipulate non-existent battalions. This volume is useful for advanced readers and essential for beginning students of the war.
This book can, in a few nights reading, give anyone a good, concise view of Hitler's thinking throughout the war. Indeed, the short introduction by Trevor-Roper gives an economic and admirable summary of Hitler's planning as well as reflections on Hitler's approach to developing situations.
As one reads his directives, one is struck occasionally by the grotesque deception ("all political possibilities of peaceful settlement have been exhausted" opens his directive to attack Poland in 1939) and the absurd optimism ("our military mastery of the European continent after the overthrow of Russia will make it possible to considerably reduce the strength of the Army"), but much more often can be seen Hitler's surprisingly well reasoned grasp of even deteriorating circumstances. His image in the bunker notwithstanding, he did not always manipulate non-existent battalions. This volume is useful for advanced readers and essential for beginning students of the war.
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