Death Of The Wehrmacht :the German Campaigns Of... -

: By 1942, Germany lacked the resources to launch offensives across the entire Eastern Front. They narrowed their focus to the southern sector (Operation Blue) to seize oil and grain, but even this limited goal proved too vast.

: General Erwin Rommel’s "reckless" drive captured Tobruk and Gazala, pushing deep into Egypt. The Structural Collapse Death of the Wehrmacht :The German Campaigns of...

Despite these wins, Citino identifies several fatal flaws that led to the "death" of the Wehrmacht as an effective fighting force: : By 1942, Germany lacked the resources to

: Germany’s military was built for short, decisive "wars of movement." In 1942, they were forced into a war of attrition against the "industrial machines" of the US, UK, and USSR—a battle they simply could not win. Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 Citino reconstructs these campaigns to show how the

: Rebounding from the 1941 winter disaster, German forces secured massive victories at Sevastopol and Kharkov, encircling entire Soviet armies.

The year began with a series of staggering, yet deceptive, German successes. Citino reconstructs these campaigns to show how the Wehrmacht still possessed lethal operational excellence: