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 Author Name: Stephen H. Newton
Title: HITLER'S COMMANDER: FIELD MARSHAL WALTHER MODEL-HITLER'S FAVORITE GENERAL
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: RUNNING PRESS
ISBN Number: 0306813998 / 9780306813993
Seller ID: 1596319
The first English-language biography of one of Germany's top battlefield commanders-Hitler's favorite field marshal. 8 pgs. B&W photos, 14 maps; 6x9 inches, 496 pgs.
'Field Marshal Walther Model (1891-1945) was an extremely capable and aggressive German commander who rose through the ranks of the Wehrmacht's high command during World War II. His expertise in rebuilding broken fronts earned him the nickname of the "Fuhrer's Fireman," and throughout the war, Hitler relied on the rapidly promoted general to save his army in several desperate situations, despite the fact that Model was often quite blunt with his erratic Fuhrer. Model's greatest achievement was the restoration of stability along the eastern front in June 1944. In August he was sent to restore the deteriorating western front, where he re-established a strong defensive line along the West Wall in September. He was second-in-command at the Battle of the Bulge and was leading the German army when it collapsed at the end of the war. Rather than surrender, he shot himself in April 1945.
Although Model destroyed most of his personal papers just before he died, Stephen H. Newton draws on a wide variety of original German sources, including extensive Wehrmacht archival material, to tell the first and only authoritative story of the commander who was Hitler's favorite.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Steven H. Newton is an associate professor of history at Delaware State University. His previous books on World War II include Kursk: The German View and Panzer Operations.
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