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Tables of Contents for Germany and the Second World War
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
xvii
Notes On The Authors
xxiii
Note On The Translation
xxv
Abbreviations
xxvi
Glossary Of Foreign Terms
xlvi
Introduction
1
10
PART I Policy and Strategy 1941--1943: From Continental-Atlantic to Global War
The Anti-Hitler Coalition
11
99
Horst Boog
Developments up to the Entry into the War by the United States of America
11
50
American Foreign Policy and Strategy vis-a-vis the Belligerents until June 1941
11
15
Anglo-American Rapprochement to the Soviet Union and the First Aid Shipments
26
6
Atlantic Conference, Atlantic Charter, and British Policy towards Germany
32
9
American Preparatory Measures for War and the Victory Programme
41
3
The `Second Front' and Other Requests by Stalin
44
6
The Eden-Stalin Talks in Moscow
50
3
The ARCADIA Conference in Washington
53
6
Summary: The Widening into World War and the Turning-point in Anglo-American-Soviet Prospects
59
2
1942 and the Casablanca Conference
61
49
The British-Soviet Agreement of 26 May 1942 and British-American Concerns about Postwar Order in Europe
61
6
First Joint British-American Military Plans for a Second Front
67
5
From Sledgehammer to Torch
72
8
Soviet Suspicion and Churchill's Visit to Stalin
80
7
The Casablanca Conference
87
1
Military Planning
87
8
Unconditional surrender and British-American policy towards Germany
95
5
Summary: The Second Great Turning-point of the War and a Few Characteristics of the Anti-Hitler Coalition
100
10
The Coalition Of The Tripartite Pact States
110
83
Hitler's Grand Strategy between Pearl Harbor and Stalingrad
112
32
Bernd Wegner
Germany's Declaration of War on the United States
112
4
Strategic Options at the Turn of 1941-1942
116
8
The Time of Hope: Hitler's Evaluation of the Situation in the First Half of 1942
124
7
The Time of Defiance: The Second Half of 1942
131
13
From the Berlin-Rome Axis to the Military Agreement of the Tripartite Pact: The Sequence of Treaties from 1936 to 1942
144
17
Reinhard Stumpf
Japan and the War in Europe
161
32
Werner Rahn
From Neutrality to War Alliance
161
13
Global Strategic Perspectives and Interactions
174
10
Problems of Coalition Warfare
184
9
PART II The War in the Pacific
Werner Rahn
Potential Sources of Conflict
193
19
Japan's Road To War
212
31
Pearl Harbor And The Expansion Of The Japanese Sphere Of Control
243
26
Operational Conditions and Military Resources in the Pacific 1941-1942
243
11
The Japanese Leaders' Strategic Plans for War in the Autumn of 1941
254
4
Pearl Harbor and its Consequences
258
11
The Pacific Naval Air Battles In 1942 And Their Repercussions
269
20
Preliminary Countermeasures by the US Pacific Fleet
269
5
The Naval Air Battle in the Coral Sea
274
4
The Naval Air Battle at Midway
278
11
Guadalcanal: The Beginning Of The American Counter-Offensive In 1942
289
12
PART III The War at Sea in the Atlantic and in the Arctic Ocean
Werner Rahn
The Atlantic In German And Allied Strategy
301
25
Allied Sea Transport Capacity As A Strategic Problem Of The German Naval War Effort
326
16
The Conduct Of The War In The Atlantic And The Coastal Area
342
100
The U-Boat War
342
63
German Conduct of Operations and British Anti-submarine Operations
342
9
The Third Phase, April-December 1941: The Extension of the Areas of Operations
351
18
The Fourth Phase, January-July 1942: Operations Affected by America's Entry into the War
369
10
The Fifth Phase, August 1942-May 1943: Climax and Collapse of the U-boat War
379
26
Operations by Surface Forces
405
26
Fundamentals and Principles
405
4
Operation 'Rhine Exercise'
409
11
The Strategic Retreat
420
5
The Trade War with Auxiliary Cruisers
425
6
Mine Warfare and Coastal Operations
431
11
Operations On The Northern Flank Of Europe
442
27
PART IV The Anglo-American Strategic Air War over Europe and German Air Defence
Horst Boog
Doctrine And Preparation of The Strategic Bombing War In Great Britain And The United States Of America Up To The Beginning Of The War
469
9
Great Britain
469
6
The United States of America
475
3
Air Defence In The German Air War Doctrine And The Build-Up Of The German Air Defences In Peacetime
478
14
The Beginnings Of The Strategic Bombing War By The Royal Air Force, The German Air Defence, And American Preparations For Air War Up To The End Of 1941
492
66
Trial and Error: The Operations of Royal Air Force Bomber Command
492
29
The German Air Defence
521
31
War Preparations by the American Army Air Forces
552
6
Allied Strategic Bombing And German Air Defences In 1942
558
64
Indiscriminate Bombing: The Operations of Royal Air Force Bomber Command
558
22
The Beginnings of Strategic Bombing by the Eighth US Air Force
580
17
German Air Defence
597
25
The Situation Of The Luftwaffe From 1942 To The Beginning Of 1943
622
9
PART V The War in the Mediterranean Area 1942--1943: Operations in North Africa and the Central Mediterranean
Reinhard Stumpf
The Opening Of The Second German-Italian Offensive In North Africa And The Battle Of Malta
631
30
The Reconquest of Cyrenaica
631
23
The North African Theatre
632
2
Command Structure
634
1
The Counterstroke (21 January-6 February 1942)
635
19
The Battle of Malta (December 1941-21 May 1942)
654
7
The Advance To El Alamein (Operation Theseus)
661
60
The Battle for the Ghazalah Line (26 May-17 June 1942)
661
31
Planning
661
12
The Assault, 26-27 May
673
9
The Fighting between Ghazalah and Tobruk (28 May-17 June 1942)
682
10
Tobruk and Matruh (18-30 June 1942)
692
23
The Taking of Tobruk
692
7
The Dialectic of Decisions: American Military Aid for Egypt and the `Push to Suez' Decision
699
11
The Advance to El Alamein
710
5
The Perplexities of War: The Order to Advance into Egypt Considered
715
6
El Alamein
721
70
The First Battle (1-27 July 1942)
721
27
The Geographical Position
721
5
Panzerarmee Afrika's Breakthrough in the North (1-3 July)
726
6
The Battles of 4-6 July
732
8
The Turning-point in Egypt
740
8
The Battle of Alam Halfa (30 August-6 September 1942)
748
17
The Third Battle: Decision at El Alamein (23 October-4 November 1942)
765
26
Prelude
765
11
The British Penetration: Operation Lightfoot, 23-26 October
776
4
The Breakthrough: Operation Supercharge, 27 October-4 November
780
11
The Allied Landing In North-West Africa And The German-Italian Panzerarmee's Retreat To Tunisia
791
31
The Landing in French North Africa (Operation Torch) and the Establishment of the Tunisian Bridgehead (7 November 1942-31 January 1943)
791
16
German Evaluations and Allied Preparations
791
7
The Landing and the Allied Advance to Tunisia, 7/8-17 November
798
3
The Establishment of the Tunisian Bridgehead, 11 November 1942-31 January 1943
801
6
The German-Italian Armoured Army's Retreat to the Tunisian Border, 4 November 1942-2 February 1943
807
15
The Retreat from Western Egypt, Marmarica, and Cyrenaica, 4-24 November 1942
807
5
The Abandonment of Tripolitania, 26 November 1942-2 February 1943
812
10
The German Occupation Of Vichy France And The Seizure Of Toulon (Operations Anton And Lila, 11-27 November 1942)
822
6
The War At Sea And The Supply Situation 1942-1943
828
15
Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean
828
6
The Supply Problem
834
9
PART VI The War against the Soviet Union 1942--1943
Bernd Wegner
Hitler's 'Second Campaign': Military Concept And Strategic Foundations
843
61
The Decision for Operation Blue
843
20
Initial Position and Balance of Strength
863
19
The Manpower Situation
863
8
The Material Situation
871
7
The Transport and Supply Situation
878
4
Assessment of the Soviet Union and the Red Army
882
22
Manpower Resources
884
5
The War-economy and Material Potential
889
15
The Mobilization Of Germany's Allies
904
25
The Diplomatic Offensive, 1942
904
19
Italy
906
2
Romania
908
3
Hungary
911
4
Bulgaria
915
1
Finland
916
7
`Germanic' and `Ethnic German' Volunteers
923
6
The Spring Battles Of 1942
929
29
Operations in the Crimea
929
13
The Reconquest of the Kerch Penisula
930
5
The Conquest of Sevastopol
935
7
The Battles in the Kharkov-Izyum-Kupyansk Area
942
12
Front Adjustments in the Rear of Army Group Centre
954
4
The Beginning Of The Summer Offensive
958
64
`Blue I': Advance to the Don
958
15
`Blue II': A Vain Pursuit
973
7
The Splitting of the Offensive
980
11
Developments on the Secondary Fronts
991
14
The Leningrad Question and the Situation on the Northern Sector
991
10
The Summer Battle at Rzhev
1001
4
Partisan Warfare
1005
17
The Offensive Into The Caucasus
1022
38
From Rostov to Batumi: The Struggle for Transport Routes
1025
13
Maykop-Groznyy-Baku: The Battle for Oil
1038
10
September at Vinnitsa: Climax of the Crisis
1048
12
Stalingrad
1060
68
Advance to the Volga
1060
17
The Fighting for the City
1077
23
The Soviet Counter-offensive
1100
28
The Annihilation Of Sixth Army
1128
45
Breakout or Relief?
1128
12
`Wintergewitter', `Donnerschlag', and `Lesser Saturn'
1140
18
The End
1158
15
The Winter Battles Of 1943
1173
33
Retreats and Reverses on the Southern Sector
1173
20
Withdrawal from the Caucasus
1173
4
Fighting between Don and Dnieper
1177
7
Manstein's Counter-offensive
1184
9
Developments on the Central and Northern Sectors
1193
13
Rzhev and Velikie Luki
1193
7
Leningrad and Demyansk
1200
6
The Historical Topos Of The Second Campaign Against The Soviet Union
1206
11
Conclusion
1217
14
Bibliography
1231
62
Index Of Persons
1293