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Accounts the crushing defeats suffered by the Germans on the Eastern Front in the final months of World War II.

Table of Contents

The Cannae of Army Group Center The Loss of the Ukraine Stabilizing the Front Intro the Courland Pocket Rumania The Retreat from the Balkans The Battle for Hungry Bibliography Appendices

About the Author

SAMUEL W. MITCHAM, JR. is an internationally recognized authority on Nazi Germany and the Second World War and is the author of more than 15 books on the subject, including this title's companion volume, Retreat to the Reich (Praeger, 2000), Why Hitler? (Praeger, 1996), and The Desert Fox in Normandy (Praeger, 1997), as well as several dozen articles. A former army helicopter pilot and company commander, he is a graduate of the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College. He has been a professor of geography and military history since 1984. He lives in rural Louisiana.

Reviews

"Mitcham has done it again. Those who admired his earlier work on Rommel will find all the same qualities here: solid research, careful analysis, and, above all, great writing."-Robert Citino, Eastern Michigan University

"Mitcham has provided an extremely valuable service to the general reader of military history. The magnitude of the struggle on the Eastern Front was so great that it defies any attempt to condense the action to a meaningful narration for the general reader. Through Mitcham's describing the events as the individual German commanders saw them and reacted to the Soviet attacks, the reader becomes intimately involved. Numerous charts, tables, maps, and appendices are included for those who want more detail, but the narrative flows in a smooth fashion in highly readable and dramatic prose."-Walter Dunn author of Hitler's Nemesis and Kursk

.,."examines the decline of the Third Reich with crystal clarity and perceptive analysis. It is impressively documented and authentic."-January 2004

"Mitcham presents a clear and vivid picture of German military operations in 1944....[a]n excellent study of German leadership down to the brigade level with mini-biogra-phies of most of the German commanders. Crumbling Empire is a good introduction to the war on the Eastern front in 1944."-Daily News, Bowling Green, KY

?...examines the decline of the Third Reich with crystal clarity and perceptive analysis. It is impressively documented and authentic.?-January 2004

?Mitcham presents a clear and vivid picture of German military operations in 1944....[a]n excellent study of German leadership down to the brigade level with mini-biogra-phies of most of the German commanders. Crumbling Empire is a good introduction to the war on the Eastern front in 1944.?-Daily News, Bowling Green, KY

..."examines the decline of the Third Reich with crystal clarity and perceptive analysis. It is impressively documented and authentic."-January 2004