: A significant focus is placed on the lack of coordination between the Nazi administration and the armed services, as well as the limits of Hitler's personal involvement with big business and the army.
: This volume covers 828 pages and examines the shift from the Weimar Republic to the Third Reich's total mobilization for war. Core Themes and Content
: The authors detail the transition through rearmament, economic autarky (self-sufficiency), and aggressive diplomacy. Germany and the Second World War: Volume I: The...
: It explores how Nazi ideology permeated all levels of German society and whether these movements were a continuation of historic German nationalism.
is the opening installment of a monumental 10-volume series (originally 13 volumes in German as Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg ) produced by the Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History) . This volume serves as the foundational analysis of the structural, economic, and political forces that paved the way for Nazi expansionism. Key Publication Details : A significant focus is placed on the
: Wilhelm Deist, Manfred Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann, and Wolfram Wette. Publisher : Oxford University Press (English translation).
The volume provides a "history from the German perspective," focusing on how the Nazi regime systematically prepared for global conflict. : It explores how Nazi ideology permeated all
: Germany and the Second World War: Volume I: The Build-up of German Aggression .