General Warlimont was at the center of power during one of history's most shattering periods.
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Have recently received book. In condition - new- as described by seller.
Nicely presented and well bound volume. The edition I have (by Presidio Press, a U.S. company) has small print, however. Usually hardbacks have larger, more widely spaced print but this has the small print usually found in a cheaper paperback version. Also there are no photographs.
Overall a good buy for a book that frequentely crops up in bibliographies in books on the period. It's just that I'm a little disappointed with the above presentational aspects and will look to purchase another edition of this book at some time .
Nicely presented and well bound volume. The edition I have (by Presidio Press, a U.S. company) has small print, however. Usually hardbacks have larger, more widely spaced print but this has the small print usually found in a cheaper paperback version. Also there are no photographs.
Overall a good buy for a book that frequentely crops up in bibliographies in books on the period. It's just that I'm a little disappointed with the above presentational aspects and will look to purchase another edition of this book at some time .
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Or, how not to fight a war.
5 May 1997
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General Warlimont was Jodl's Deputy Chief of Operations
and at the heart of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
(Supreme Command), from 1939 until he was injured
by Stauffenburg's bomb in 1944. He actually drafted most of the operational
plans emanating from OKW and therefore is uniquely
qualified to comment on the military dimension of
that vast criminal enterprise that was the Third
Reich.
With his cool professional's eye he assesses the
leading figures of the OKW: the demonic Fuhrer, as
fascinating and dangerous as a snake, the loyal,
amoral Jodl, the execrable toady Keitel.
Of particular interest to students of military
history is Warlimont's exposition of Hitler's
"generalship", which repeatedly revealed its
amateurish inadequacies in rash decision-making
and arrogant disregard of expert opinion.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Good source on the German high command organization
18 Aug 1999
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The book is interesting for the student of World War II, since it gives a good account of life at Hitler's headquarters, the ambiance and the point of view of the general staff on the strategic situation. However, there is a lot of emphasis on the bureaucracy and organization of the German Army, and on the power struggles inside the General Staff, which I found not very interesting. You often get the impression that the author views the war more as a professional challenge, without expressing his opinion on its political and strategic implications.
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German military leadership in WWII
4 Aug 2009
By Olivier Clementin
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General Walter Warlimont was Deputy Chief of the Operation Staff at OKW (supreme command of German armed forces), i.e. number three in Hitler's personal miltary staff after Keitel and Jodl. This book is an accout of his experience in that position from the beginning of the war in 1939 to September 1944 when he had to leave for health reasons (he was wounded in the assassination attempt against Hitler). It is not an history of the war, and a good knowledge of the WWII operations and strategy is required to understand it. It is mainly concerned with the organisation aspects of the German High Command, in particular Hitler's increasing involvement in operations down to the smallest detail, the nefarious influence of nazi leaders on the conduct of the war, and the deteriorating relationship between OKW and the Army General Staff (OKH). To illustrate the point, there are a number of transcripts of OKW meetings, in which Hitler's peculiar personality and inept command methods appear clearly. It sounds a bit bureaucratic, but for a serious student of WWII it is a unique point of view on the way German strategic decisions were made. One really wonders whether Germany could not have conquered the USSR in 1941 were it not for Hitler's inept strategic decisions (going for Leningrad and the Ukraine instead of driving straight to Moscow as the Army recommended).
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