Germany and the Second World War

Germany and the Second World War (German: Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg) is a 12,000-page, 13-volume work published by the Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt (DVA), that has taken academics from the military history centre of the German armed forces 30 years to finish.[1][2]

Cover of the original German edition of volume 1

Contents

Germany and the Second World War is the English translation of the series which Clarendon Press (an imprint of Oxford University Press) began publishing in 1990. By 2014, ten of the 13 parts had been published at a rate of one every two years, although a long delay occurred between the publications of parts IX/I and IX/II after the death of the main translation editor.

In the following table, the publishing dates of the final three parts are approximate and come from communication with Oxford University Press. The titles and number of pages are based on the German volumes and may change. The volumes are (German title in brackets):[3]

Volume	Title	Authors	Translators	Publication date	Pages	Availability	ISBN
I	The Build-up of German Aggression Ursachen und Voraussetzungen der deutschen Kriegspolitik	Wilhelm Deist, Manfred Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann, Wolfram Wette	P. S. Falla, Dean S. McMurry, Ewald Osers	1990	827	On-demand reprints	0-19-822866-X
II	Germany's Initial Conquests in Europe Die Errichtung der Hegemonie auf dem europäischen Kontinent	Klaus A. Maier, Horst Rohde, Bernd Stegemann, Hans Umbreit	Dean S. McMurry, Ewald Osers, P. S. Falla (translation editor)	1991	459	On-demand reprints	0-19-822885-6
III	The Mediterranean, South-East Europe, and North Africa 1939–1942 Der Mittelmeerraum und Südosteuropa 1940–1941: Von der "non belligeranza" Italiens bis zum Kriegseintritt der Vereinigten Staaten	Gerhard Schreiber, Bernd Stegemann, Detlef Vogel	Dean S. McMurry, Ewald Osers, Louise Willmot, P. S. Falla (translation editor)	1995	840	On-demand reprints	0-19-822884-8
IV^*	The Attack on the Soviet Union Der Angriff auf die Sowjetunion	Horst Boog, Jürgen Förster, Joachim Hoffmann, Ernst Klink, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Gerd R. Ueberschär	Dean S. McMurry, Ewald Osers, Louise Willmot	1998	1396	On-demand reprints	0-19-822886-4
V/I	Organization and Mobilization of the German Sphere of Power: Wartime Administration, Economy, and Manpower Resources 1939–1941 Kriegsverwaltung, Wirtschaft und personelle Ressourcen 1939–1941	Bernhard R. Kroener, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Hans Umbreit	John Brownjohn, Patricia Crampton, Ewald Osers, Louise Willmot	2000	1253	On-demand reprints	0-19-822887-2
V/II	Organization and Mobilization of the German Sphere of Power: Wartime Administration, Economy, and Manpower Resources 1942–1944/5 Kriegsverwaltung, Wirtschaft und personelle Ressourcen 1942–1945	Bernhard R. Kroener, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Hans Umbreit	Derry Cook-Radmore, Ewald Osers, Barry Smerin, Barbara Wilson	2003	1183	In-print	0-19-820873-1
VI	The Global War Der globale Krieg: Die Ausweitung zum Weltkrieg und der Wechsel zur Initiative 1941 bis 1943	Horst Boog, Werner Rahn, Reinhard Stumpf (historian), Bernd Wegner	Ewald Osers, John Brownjohn, Patricia Crampton, Louise Willmot	2001	1347	On-demand reprints	0-19-822888-0
VII	The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia 1943–1944/5 Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive Strategischer Luftkrieg in Europa, Krieg im Westen und in Ostasien 1943 bis 1944/45	Horst Boog, Gerhard Krebs, Detlef Vogel	Derry Cook-Radmore, Francisca Garvie, Ewald Osers, Barry Smerin, Barbara Wilson	2006	928	In-print	0-19-822889-9
VIII	The Eastern Front 1943-1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive: Die Ostfront 1943/44 Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten	Karl-Heinz Frieser, Klaus Schmider, Klaus Schönherr, Gerhard Schreiber, Krisztián Ungváry, Bernd Wegner	TBA	2007	1408	In-print (March 2017)	978-0198723462
IX/I	German Wartime Society 1939–1945: Politicization, Disintegration, and the Struggle for Survival Staat und Gesellschaft im Kriege: Die deutsche Kriegsgesellschaft 1939 bis 1945. Politisierung, Vernichtung, Überleben	Ralf Blank, Jörg Echternkamp, Karola Fings, Jürgen Förster, Winfried Heinemann, Tobias Jersak, Armin Nolzen, Christoph Rass	Derry Cook-Radmore, Francisca Garvie, Ewald Osers, Barry Smerin, Barbara Wilson	2008	1072	In-print	0-19928-277-3
IX/II	German Wartime Society 1939–1945: Exploitation, Interpretations, Exclusion Staat und Gesellschaft im Kriege: Die deutsche Kriegsgesellschaft 1939 bis 1945. Ausbeutung, Deutungen, Ausgrenzung	Bernhard Chiari, Jörg Echternkamp, et al.	Derry Cook-Radmore, et al.	2014	1168	In-print	0-19-954296-1
X/I	The Collapse of Germany 1945 and the Results of the Second World War: The Destruction of the Wehrmacht (approximate title) Das Ende des Dritten Reiches: Der Zusammenbruch des Deutschen Reiches 1945: Die militärische Niederwerfung der Wehrmacht	Rolf-Dieter Müller, et al.	TBA	2018 (approximate)	1000 (approximate)	To be published	TBA
X/II	The Collapse of Germany 1945 and the Results of the Second World War: The Resolution of the Wehrmacht and the Consequences of the War Der Zusammenbruch des Deutschen Reiches 1945. Die Folgen des Zweiten Weltkrieges	Rolf-Dieter Müller, et al.	TBA	2018 (approximate)	850 (approximate)	To be published	TBA

^{* The first edition of Volume IV also included a separate spiral-bound book of 27 maps in the original German version}

See also

• History of the Second World War

References

1. Hitler's 'suicidal urge' prolonged war by three years, German historians say
2. New Book Examines German Fanaticism in World War II
3. "Title release list Oxford University Press". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

External links

• Official homepage
• English edition homepage