Hitler s Shattered Dreams of Empire : Crucial Battles of the Eastern and Western Front 1941-1944

There have been many books on Adolf Hitler and specific military campaigns and battles during the time of the Third Reich.However, there has never been a comprehensive analysis of Hitler's role as the supreme military leader of the Third Reich across all the major campaigns.He combined every senior position in government and the armed forces until he was at the same time Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Chancellor, Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief of the Army.He was involved in every aspect of the German war effort including new weapons development.How well did he perform these roles? He called himself a genius and was described as the greatest German military leader of all time by one of his most senior military leaders - was he?What does the evidence show? This book analyses each of the Third Reich's military campaigns and the programs for the development of new weapons including the V1, V2 and the A bomb paying special attention to Hitler's role in them.The book is based