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As referenced by the Selected Bibliography found in Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe the following represents a complete listing of primary and secondary sources used in researching Why Germany Nearly Won.

This method of presenting the bibliographic information found in Why Germany Nearly Won was chosen by the author for two reasons. One, as a result of the space limitations imposed by the publisher. Two, it was done to help the book itself meet a secondary goal of making a scholarly study accessible to the general reading public (and thus the provision therein of only the most accesible and commonly used secondary sources).

Please note that this full Bibliography found below has been put into alphabetical order for ease of reference:

 

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Baker, Lee, Explaining Defeat: A Reappraisal of "Operation Bagration," 1944, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 21:1 pp. 129-145.

Bartov, Omar, The Eastern Front, 1941-1945: German Troops and the Barbarization of Warfare, (St. Martin’ Press, 1986).

Beschloss, Michael, The Conquerors;  Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany 1941-1945, (Simon & Schuster, 2002).

Beevor, Antony, The Fall of Berlin 1945, (Viking, 2002). 

Beevor, Antony, Stalingrad, The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943, (Penguin Books, 1999).

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Boog, Horst, et. al., Milatargeschichtliches Forshungsamt, Germany and the Second World War, Volume VI The Global War, (Oxford University Press, 2001).

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Bradley, Omar, N., A Soldier’s Story, (Henry Holt and Company, 1951).

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Bundesarchiv - BArch RM 7/962 - Weisung für den Fall Barbarossa (Instruction for Operation Barbarossa) with first page found at: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/bilder_dokumente/00845... (and subsequent 8 pages of Barbarossa Directive on following pages)

Bundesarchiv - BArch RL 8 / 56 - Bericht zum Flugplatz Gumrak im Kessel von Stalingrad (This is a local commander's report on Gumrak airfield in regards to the 6th Army's encirclement at Stalingrad) with first page found at: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/bilder_dokumente/00845... (and subsequent pages of report following this initial page).

Bundesarchiv - BArch, RH 19-VI/35 fol. 9 - 24. Nov. 1942 Kriegstagebuch des Ia der Heeresgruppe Don (War Diary of Army Group Don Ia regarding the poor supply situation of the 6th Army as early as November 24, 1942) found at: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/bilder_dokumente/03378...

Bundesarchiv - BArch, RH 20-6/238 fol. 178 - Der Oberbefehlshaber der Heeresgruppe B, Generaloberst von Weichs an das AOK 6 Paulus (communication from Weichs to Paulus regarding issue of freedom of action (dated November 23, 1942) found at: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/bilder_dokumente/03378...

Bundesarchiv - BArch, RH 20-6/238 fol. 179 - Funkspruch des AOK 6 an die Heeresgruppe B (message from 6th Army to Army Group B notifying that 6th Army completely surrounded as of November 22, 1942) found at: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/bilder_dokumente/03378...

Bundesarchiv - BArch, RH 20-6/221 - 17. Nov. 1942 Kriegstagebuch des Ia des AOK 6 (War Diary of the of the Ia AOK 6 on November 17, 1942) found at: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/bilder_dokumente/03378... (page 1 of 2)

Bundesarchiv - BArch, RH 20-6/238 fol. 4 - 22. Dez. 1942; 07.00 Uhr Das AOK 6 an den Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres im Oberkommando des Heeres (22nd December 1942, 07.00 clock
The AOK 6 to the Chief of the Army General Staff of the High Command of the Army: the AOK 6 reports the current board strength (249,600 men), the combat strength, and overall health or lack thereof of men, and more)
found at: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/bilder_dokumente/03378... (page 1 of 2)

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Cecil, Robert, Hitler’s Decision to Invade Russia, 1941, (London, 1975).

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Citino, Robert M., The German Way of War, From the Thirty Years’ War to the Third Reich, (University Press of Kansas, 2005).

Citino, Robert M., Death of the Wehrmacht, The German Campaigns of 1942, (University Press of Kansas, 2007).

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Crisp, Robert, Brazen Chariots: An Account of Tank Warfare in the Western Desert, November-December 1941, (W.W. Norton & Company, 1959).

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Department of the US Army, Historical Study, Rear Area Security in Russia, The Soviet Second Front Behind German Lines, Pamphlet 20-240, Washington DC 1951 found at: http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/20240/20-240c.htm

Department of the US Army, Historical Study, Operations of Encircled Forces, German Experiences in Russia, Pamphlet 20-234, Washington DC 1952 found at: http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/20234/20234.html

Diamond, Jared, Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, (Penguin Books, 2005.

Dinardo, Richard L., Germany’s Panzer Arm in WWII, (Stackpole Books, 2006).

Dinardo, Richard L., Germany and the Axis Powers From Coalition to Collapse, (University Press of Kansas, 2005).

Doubler, Michael D., Busting the Bocage: American Combined Arms Operations in France 6 June-31 July 1944 United States Army Command and General Staff College Combat Studies Institute at http://cgsc.Leavenworth.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/doubler/doubler.asp

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Eisenberg, Azriel, From the Ghetto to the Death Pit: Submission or Struggle in Witness to the Holocaust, (Pilgrim Press, 1981).

Eisenhower, Dwight D., Crusade in Europe, (Doubleday & Co., 1948).

Ellis, John, Brute Force, Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War, (Andre Deutsch, 1990). 

Ellis, John, One Day in A Very Long War, Wednesday 25th October 1944, (Pimlico, 1999).

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Forczyk, Robert, Panther vs. T-34, Ukraine 1943, (Osprey Publishing, 2007).

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Gabel, Dr. Christopher R., The Lorraine Campaign: An Overview, September-December 1944, United States Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth Kansas 1985.

Gabel, Dr. Christopher, Seek, Strike, and Destroy: U.S. Army Tank Destroyer Doctrine in World War II, Combat Studies Institute U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, September 1985.

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Glantz, David M., Stumbling Colossus The Red Army On The Eve Of World War, (University Press of Kansas, 1998).

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Glantz, David M., Barbarossa, Hitler’s Invasion of Russia 1941, (Tempus Publishing Inc. 2001).

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Glantz, David M., The Siege of Leningrad 1941-44, 900 Days of Terror, (Cassell, 2001).

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Glantz, David M., Prelude to German Operation Blau: Military Operations on Germany’s Eastern Front, April-June 1942, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 20:2 pp. 171-234.

Glantz, David M., Red Storm Over the Balkans; The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania, Spring 1944 (University Press of Kansas, 2007).

Glantz, David M., The Struggle for Stalingrad City: Opposing Order of Battle, Combat Ordrers and Reports, and Operational Maps Part 1: The Fight for Stalingrad's Suburbs, Center City, and Factory Villages, 3 September-13 October 1942, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 21:1 pp. 146-238

Glantz, David M., The Struggle for Stalingrad City: Opposing Order of Battle, Combat Orders and Reports, and Operational and Tactical Maps. Part 2: The Fight for Stalingrad's Factory District-14 October-18 November 1942, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 24:4 pp. 377-471.

Glantz, David M., and House, Jonathan M., To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942, (University Press of Kansas, 2009)

Glantz, David M., and House, Jonathan M., Armageddon in Stalingrad: September-November 1942, (University Press of Kansas, 2009)

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National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH) Microfilm Publication T78 R313 Tagesmeldungen OB West May-Sep 1944

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH) Microfilm Publication T78 R316 Tagesmeldungen West 1.9.44-31.1.45

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH) Microfilm Publication T78 Chef H Rüst u.BdE 1943

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH) Microfilm Publication T77 Roll 1142 OKW WFSt

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH) Microfilm Publication OKH T-78 Roll 398

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH) Microfilm Publication OKH T-78 Roll 399

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National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of German Field Commands: Army Groups. Microfilm Publication Armeegruppe Mitte Roll 228 Roll 230

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of German Field Commands: Army Groups. Microfilm Publication Armeegruppe Sud Roll 244

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of German Field Commands: Army Groups. Microfilm Publication Armeegruppe B (RX19-IX 89) Roll 204 Roll 3 and Roll 4

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of German Field Commands: Panzer Armies. Microfilm Publication Panzer-Armeeoberkommando 3 Roll 223 Roll 224 Roll 228 Roll 225 Roll 227 Roll 231

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of German Field Commands: Panzer Armies. Microfilm Publication Panzer-Armeeoberkommando 1 T-313 Roll 15

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Records of German Field Commands: Panzer Armies. Microfilm Publication Panzer-Armeeoberkommando 2 Roll 115 Roll 153 Roll 172 Roll 231

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National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized,  Records of German Field Commands: Armies. Microfilm PublicationArmeeoberkommando 4 Roll 158

National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized,  Records of German Field Commands: Armies. Microfilm Publication Armeeoberkommando 9 A.O.K. KTB (1/1/44 - 10/7/44)

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National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized,  Records of German Field Commands: Corps. Microfilm Publication XXIV.Panzer-Armeekorps (Roll 715)

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The National Archives of the UK (TNA) - CP Memorandum WP (42) 504 Army Strengths. November 1, 1942

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Herr Hitler’s New Year Message, From Our Own Correspondent, The Times, Thursday Jan 02, 1936 pg. 10, Issue 47261; col B.

German Jews Rounded Up Hundreds of Arrests, Enormous Damage to Property, Dr. Goebbels’s Excuses, From Our Correspondent, The Times, Nov. 12, 1938, pg. 12: Issue 48150; col A.

Herr Hitler’s Claims “The Right to Live”, Demand for Colonies, New Four-Year Plan, A Self-Supporting Germany From Our Special Correspondent, The Times, Thursday, Sep 10, 1936; pg. 12; Issue 47476; col A.

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German Relations With Russia Hitler’s Masked Intentions, Propaganda by Whisper From Our Diplomatic Correspondent, The Times, Thursday Jun 12, 1941; pg 5; Issue 48950; col F.

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The American Congress Mr. Roosevelt’s Speech, A Full Report The Times, Jan. 05, 1939; pg. 6; Issue 48195; col F.

Preparedness in America More Money for Defense, Mr. Roosevelt’s Budget From our own Correspondent, The Times, Jan. 05, 1940; pg 6; Issue 48505; col D.

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