Military planning and the origins of the Second World War in Europe

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Military planning and the origins of the Second World War in Europe

edited by B.J.C. McKercher and Roch Legault

Praeger, 2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-197) and index

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This study offers a new perspective on the origins of the Second World War by comparing and contrasting military planning in seven nations in the two decades before 1939 (and, in the case of the United States and Soviet Russia, before 1941). Developing themes over time and across military cultures allows the authors to provide a comparative framework in which to survey how military planning and foreign policy were interwoven and how these connections produced divergent national strategies in the context of differing nationalities, military organizations, and societies. The contributors to this volume have consciously employed a wide interpretation of military history by emphasizing the interplay of social, political, diplomatic, and economic factors with military concerns, as well as the relationship between war and society. For example, the German army developed its concept of blitzkrieg by examining military theory generated within the General Staff before 1918, and by considering the new political circumstances in which the Weimar state and its Nazi successor found themselves as a result of the Versailles Treaty. Despite its ultimate success, the German concept was merely abstract and theoretical until the combined use of armor and air power was employed effectively in Poland in the autumn of 1939 and in Western Europe during the spring of 1940. In contrast, the French defensive strategy built around the use of the Maginot Line was illustrative of a mainly defensive foreign policy, while British appeasement policy reflected the diminished level of military preparedness that was possible throughout the 1930s.

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Military Planning and the Origins of the Second World War by Gordon Martel Reluctant Neutral: Italy and the Strategic Balance in 1939 by Alan Cassels The Weimar Roots of German Military Planning in the 1930s by Robert M. Citino Weaknesses in French Military Planning on the Eve of the Second World War by Henry Dutailly British Military Planning by Sebastian Cox Jedi Knights in the Kremlin: The Soviet Military in the 1930s and the Genesis of Deep Battle by Roman Johann Jarymowicz American War Plans by Steven Ross Military Planning and the Origins of the Second World War by Sidney Aster Bibliography Index

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