Inside the Nazi War Machine: How Three Generals Unleashed Hitler's Blitzkrieg upon the World

New York: NAL Caliber, 2011. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. First paperback printing. Remainder mark on page base, faint crease on rear corner, top corner lightly bumped. 2011 Trade Paperback. vi, [4], 308 pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. "Inside the Nazi War Machine vividly recounts how Rommel, von Manstein and Guderian turned the Blitzkrieg into a fearsome weapon of war in France in 1940, and how Hitler botched his best opportunity to have defeated the BEF, and perhaps defeated Britain.”—Carlo D’Este, author of Patton: A Genius For War. In 1940, as Hitler plotted to conquer Europe, only one nation posed a serious threat to the Third Reich's domination: France. The German command was wary of taking on the most powerful armed force on the continent. But three low-ranking generals—Eric von Manstein, Heinz Guderian, and Erwin Rommel—were about to change the face of modern warfare. By grouping tanks into juggernauts to slam through enemy lines, the blitzkrieg was born. With this aggressive, single-minded plan, the Nazis bypassed the supposedly impenetrable Maginot Line, charged into the heart of France, and alerted the world that the deadly might of Germany could no longer be ignored.