Report: The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943 Robert M. Citino Publisher: University Press of Kansas (2012) Genre: Military History / Operational Analysis Overview
The Wehrmacht Retreats examines the pivotal year of 1943, during which the German military transitioned from a tradition of relentless offensive operations to a desperate and increasingly futile defensive struggle. Citino argues that by late 1942, the traditional "German way of war"—emphasizing short, high-intensity maneuvers to achieve rapid victory—had failed to meet the industrial and attritional demands of World War II. The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943