Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939-1945

by Jak P. Mallmann Showell

Book Overview

Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 19391945 is the faithful, first-hand This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087021781X
• ISBN13: 9780870217814
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Necessary reading for the historian and history buff.

The Fuehrer Conferences are necessary reading for any historian of naval affairs or World War II. In these documents, Hitler outlines his strategy for preventing food and munitions from being shipped from the neutral countries, predominantly the United States, to Great Britain. The decision on how far to push the United States was a crucial one, as it had helped push the Western giant over the edge in World War I, and Hitler could not afford another powerful enemy. Yet, as Germany's chance of successfully invading Great Britain waned, the need to stop shipments of supplies from neutral countries waxed urgent. There is gripping drama in the documents themselves, and a chance to peer into Hitler's own diplomatic and strategic processes. A wonderful resource and good entertainment.