Hitler's Wave-Breaker Concept

A strategic analysis of the Nazi high command’s decisions in the north, from “an established scholar of the Scandinavian theater” ( Publishers Weekly ). One of the prominent controversies of World War II remains the debate over Germany’s strategy in the north of the Soviet Union as the tide of war turned and gigantic Russian armies began to close in on Berlin. Here, Henrik Lunde—former US Special Forces officer and author of renowned works on the campaigns in Norway and Finland—turns his sights