Other Side of the Hill: Germany's Generals, Their Rise and Fall, with Their Own Account of Military Events, 1939-45

Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Publisher Information......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 MAPS......Page 8 Western Front 1940......Page 169 The Mediterranean......Page 195 Eastern Front......Page 215 Western Front 1944 - 45......Page 345 Preface to this Edition......Page 12 Preface to the First Edition......Page 10 CHAPTER I The Suicidal Schism......Page 16 CHAPTER II The Mould of Seeckt......Page 22 Blomberg......Page 30 Fritsch......Page 34 CHAPTER IV The Brauchitsch-Halder Era......Page 41 CHAPTER V The Creator of Early Victory-Guderian......Page 53 CHAPTER VI "Soldier in the sun"-Rommel......Page 64 Halder's Last Lap......Page 73 Zeitzler......Page 74 Guderian's Last Lap......Page 77 Manstein......Page 80 Kluge......Page 83 Model......Page 84 CHAPTER VII "The Old Guard" -Rundstedt......Page 86 CHAPTER IX The Rise of Hitler......Page 93 The Sequence of Events......Page 94 The New Men......Page 97 The Period from Hindenburg's Death to 1938......Page 98 CHAPTER X The Rise of Armour......Page 99 CHAPTER XI How Hitler Beat France- and Saved Britain......Page 116 Why Hitler Decided to Attack......Page 118 Schism in the Command......Page 120 A Decisive Accident......Page 124 The French Plan......Page 132 The Matador's Cloak......Page 133 The Matador's Thrust......Page 140 A First Pause......Page 148 The Drire to the Sea......Page 151 Hitler's "Halt" Order......Page 154 CHAPTER XII The "Halt Order'· Before Dunkirk......Page 156 Hitler's Reasons......Page 163 The Question of Calais......Page 164 The Question of Hitler's Motives......Page 165 CHAPTER XIII The End in France and the First Frustration......Page 168 Recumbent "Sea-Lion"......Page 175 CHAPTER XIV Misfires in the Mediterranean......Page 192 CHAPTER XV Hitler's Invasion of Russia......Page 205 The Effect of the Balkan Campaign......Page 207 The Impulse to invade Russia......Page 211 CHAPTER XVI How the Invasion Fell Short of Moscow......Page 218 The miscarriage of the Invasion......Page 220 The Switch South - For the Kiev "Kesselschlacht"......Page 227 Forfeit at Leningrad......Page 230 The Autumn Push......Page 231 Frustration at the "Gate to the Caucasus"......Page 232 Frustration at Moscow......Page 235 The Wnter Crisis......Page 239 Plans for 1942......Page 245 The drive for the Caucasus......Page 249 Defeat at Stalingrad......Page 254 Further Revelations......Page 258 CHAPTER XVIII After Stalingrad......Page 262 More Evidence on the Kursk Offensive......Page 264 Sequel to the Kursk Offensive......Page 267 CHAPTER XIX The Red Army......Page 273 CHAPTER XX The Allied Invasion of Italy......Page 282 Prelude......Page 287 The Invasion of Sicily......Page 290 The Italian Change of Sides-And The German Counter - Coup......Page 296 The Allied landings in Italy......Page 302 The Battle of the Sangro......Page 305 A Change of Strategy......Page 306 The Allied Landing At Anzio......Page 308 The Abandonment of Rome and Retreat to the Apennines......Page 312 Allied Strategy- From the German Viewpoint......Page 314 The Lost Long Stage......Page 316 CHAPTER XXI Paralysis in Normandy......Page 317 Prelude......Page 319 1943-"The Year of Uncertainty"......Page 320 Changing the Guard......Page 322 Where?......Page 325 The German Dispositions......Page 331 The Landing......Page 336 Collapse under Back-and-Front strain......Page 343 Blumentritt's Account......Page 358 July 20th......Page 360 The Aftermath......Page 366 CHAPTER XXIII Hitler's Last Gamble-The Second Ardennes Stroke......Page 369 The Plan......Page 372 The Flaws......Page 374 New Tactics......Page 375 The Missing Card......Page 379 The blow......Page 381 Aftermath......Page 386 CHAPTER XXIV Hitler-As a young General saw him......Page 388 CONCLUSION......Page 392 IMPORTANT BOOKS......Page 394 BOOKS ON MILITARY LAW......Page 395