Germany and the Second World War

Introduction; Part I: Politics and warfare in the First Phase of the German OffensiveBernd Stegemann: ; Part II: Action Plans and Situation Assessments of the Luftwaffe and Navy before the Outbreak of War; I Klaus A. Maier: Total War and Operational Air Warfare; II Bernd Stegemann: Germany's Second Attempt to Become a Naval Power; Part III: Hitler's First Blitzkrieg and its Consequences for North-eastern EuropeHorst Rohde: ; I Germany and Poland in the Prelude to the Second World War; II Military Preparations for a German-Polish War; III The Course of the Polish Campaign from 1 September to 6 October 1939; IV Consequences of the Military Events in the Autumn of 1939; V Development of the Situation in North-Eastern Europe: Effects of the Hilter-Stalin Pact; Part IV: The First Phase of the War at Sea up to the Spring of 1940Bernd Stegemann: ; I The War in the Baltic; II The War in the North Sea and the Arctic in 1939; III The Use of the Pocket Battleships against Enemy Shipping; IV The War in the North Sea and the Arctic in 1940; V Preparations for the Campaign in the West; VI The Mine War; VII The Submarine War; Part V: Securing the Northern Flank of Europe; I Klaus A. Maier: German Strategy; II Klaus A. Maier: Allied Strategy; III Bernd Stegemann: Operation Weserubung; IV Bernd Stegemann: Securing Germany's Political and Military Hold on the Occupied Territory; Part VI: The Battle for Hegemony in Western EuropeHans Umbreit: ; I Strategic Defence in the West; II Hitler's Decision to Attack the Western Powers; III Deployment and Strategy of the Western Powers until 10 May 1940; IV Policies and Defence Efforts of the Neutral Countries: Belgium, Holland, and Luxemburg; V German Victory in Western Europe; Part VII: The Operational Air War until the Battle of BritainKlaus A. Maier: ; Part VIII: The Second Phase of the war at sea (until the Spring of 1941)Bernd Stegemann: ; I The Submarine War; II Co-Operation with the Luftwaffe; III Armed Merchant Raiders in the War