The Myth of Hitler's Military Incompetence: "The First Soldier"

Summary

This book review by Mg Singh Emge of Stephen G. Fritz's 'The First Soldier makes the following points:

• Some historians refuse to take Hitler seriously despite the fact he shook the world to its roots.
• Fritz demolishes the "Hitler was an idiot" school of World War II history.
• Hitler had read the German masters of military thought - von Moltke and Clausewitz.
• He adapted the concept of mechanized warfare and blitzkrieg, initially winning in Poland, France, Norway, Russia, North Africa, etc.
• Like Napoleon, Hitler believed in going on the offensive whenever possible and mounting a tenacious defence when required.
• Hitler's racial and other policies of domination resulting in the holocaust overshadowed—and rightly so—his military strategy.

References

Recent Runway Posts related to this topic:

• The Soviet Union And The Eastern Front | The Runway (govcms.gov.au)
• The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Desperate Gambit Crushed by American Grit | The Runway (govcms.gov.au)

References from the Web:

• APR 2020 The Importance of the Strategic Level: Germany in the Second World War –the Bridge
• German armed forces high command- Holocaust Museum

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