Название: General Albert C. Wedemeyer: America's Unsung Strategist in World War II
Автор: John McLaughlin
Издательство: Casemate
ISBN: 161200069X
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 352
Размер: 8,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
Like many heroes of the Second World War, General Albert C. Wedemeyer's career has been largely overshadowed by such well-known figures as Marshall, Patton, Montgomery, and Bradley. Wedemeyer's legacy as the main planner of the D-Day invasion is almost completely forgotten today, eclipsed by politics and the capriciousness of human nature.
Yet during America's preparation for the war, Wedemeyer was the primary author of the Victory Program that mobilized US resources and directed them at crucial points in order to secure victory over the Axis. In the late 1930s, he had the unique experience of being an exchange student at the German Kriegsakademia, the Nazis' equivalent of Fort Leavenworth's Command and General Staff School. As the only American to attend, he was thus the only ranking officer in the US who recognized the tactics of blitzkrieg once they were unleashed, and he knew how to respond.