TY - BOOK AU - Strawson,John TI - Hitler as military commander SN - 0713412070 AV - DD247.H5 S8 PY - 1971/// CY - London PB - Batsford KW - Hitler, Adolf, KW - Heads of state KW - Germany KW - Biography KW - National socialism KW - World War 2 KW - Germany. Wehrmacht KW - strategy KW - Hitler, Adolf N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248); A jumped-up corporal -- Revolutionary Wehrmacht -- Bloodless victories -- Blitzkrieg -- Sichelschnitt, cut of the sickle -- Dissipating the Wehrmacht -- Barbarossa, the irretrievable blunder -- The tide turns -- Violation of a fortress -- The Atlantic wall crumbles -- The gambler's final throw -- "The greatest strategic genius of all time?" ER -