{"product_id":"how-to-lose-wwii-bad-mistakes-of-the-good-war-paperback","title":"How to Lose WWII: Bad Mistakes of the Good War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Fawcett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to Lose WWII is an engrossing, fact-filled collection from Bill Fawcett that sheds light on the biggest, and dumbest, screw-ups of the Great War. In the vein of his other phenomenal compendiums of amazing battlefield blunders, How to Lose a Battle and How to Lose a War, Fawcett focuses on some amazing catastrophic missteps of Axis and Allies alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling history of the WWII European Theater uncovers the pivotal blunders that shaped the conflict: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHitler's Blunders: \u003c\/b\u003e From the inexplicable halt order at Dunkirk to declaring war on the United States, discover the series of miscalculations that doomed the Third Reich.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAllied Errors: \u003c\/b\u003e Learn why American troops were nearly annihilated at Kasserine Pass and how intelligence failures led to the shocking surprise of the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCostly Campaigns: \u003c\/b\u003e Uncover the stories behind disastrous operations, including the Battle of Britain's shifting strategy and the bloody, unnecessary fight for the Huertgen Forest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTechnological Missteps: \u003c\/b\u003e Examine how Germany's revolutionary Me-262 jet fighter was squandered and how the Luftwaffe's pilot training program collapsed under pressure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn engrossing and fact-filled collection of the great screwups of the Great War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever had there been a war on the scale of World War II--a global conflict so widespread and involving so many different military organizations from such a diverse pool of combatant countries that the consequences of every decision, both the brilliant and the bad, were multiplied one hundredfold. Bill Fawcett, popular chronicler of monumental military mistakes and truly boneheaded battlefield blunders now looks closely at the historic errors that ultimately determined the course of post-WWII history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cornucopia of catastrophic missteps, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn unprepared Poland is caught napping as the Nazis storm in virtually unopposed \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGermany misses a golden opportunity to take Britain out of the war at Dunkirk \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRussia plays Goliath to Finland's David \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour valuable months are wasted as Allied forces sit trapped on the beaches of Anzio \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGermany squanders its costly development of jet power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe secret 1942 battle Marshal Zhukov lost, along with half a million soldiers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattles lost that should have been won, including Moscow, Stalingrad, and D-Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn engrossing and fact-filled collection of the great screwups of the Great War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever had there been a war on the scale of World War II--a global conflict so widespread and involving so many different military organizations from such a diverse pool of combatant countries that the consequences of every decision, both the brilliant and the bad, were multiplied one hundredfold. Bill Fawcett, popular chronicler of monumental military mistakes and truly boneheaded battlefield blunders now looks closely at the historic errors that ultimately determined the course of post-WWII history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cornucopia of catastrophic missteps, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn unprepared Poland is caught napping as the Nazis storm in virtually unopposed \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGermany misses a golden opportunity to take Britain out of the war at Dunkirk \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRussia plays Goliath to Finland's David \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour valuable months are wasted as Allied forces sit trapped on the beaches of Anzio \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGermany squanders its costly development of jet power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe secret 1942 battle Marshal Zhukov lost, along with half a million soldiers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattles lost that should have been won, including Moscow, Stalingrad, and D-Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.94 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44064061849734,"sku":"9780061807312","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/3446\/5926\/files\/TId4gJhEQZ9780061807312.webp?v=1781307990","url":"https:\/\/profixdiy.com\/products\/how-to-lose-wwii-bad-mistakes-of-the-good-war-paperback","provider":"ProFix Home Repair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}