Аннотация: The Super-brief Review of the book about the "Parallel state"
The Super-brief Review of the book about the "Parallel state"
The book (Corum, J.S. The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform. [1994]), of course, not only about the "parallel state".
She has a broader content. Her plan is interesting.
The author sees the origins of the "Blitzkrieg" doctrine in Germany (after the First World war), in the very First World war, in the Franco-Prussian war (1870-1871), in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, in the efforts of military thinkers and practitioners of Prussia.
The Central figure of the book is the commander-in-chief of the Reichswehr Hans von Seeckt.
Judging by the circumstances of his dismissal in October 1926 from the post of commander-in-chief of the Reichswehr, Hans von Seeckt was a supporter of the monarchy.
President Hindenburg (also) declared himself an adherent of the monarchy.
However, Hans von Seeckt because of the commitment of the monarchy resigned, and Hindenburg transferred power not to the former Kaiser and not his descendants, but - to Hitler.
It was not possible to restore the monarchy in Germany, although many influential people were her supporters. Many influential people were skeptical about Hitler, but he came to power.
In the book "The Roots of Blitzkrieg" von Seeckt, the General staff (Management of land forces), and in General the armed forces look as the "parallel state".
This "parallel state" had the personnel, the government, the territory, the ideology, the foreign policy, the foreign policy communications (with military structures of the Soviet Russia, for example).
Almost all of this "parallel state" was received - and used - by Hitler.
With coming to power of Hitler in 1933 the cooperation between the Reichswehr and the Red Army practically stopped. But by this moment the Reichswehr became rather strong structure, and in 1935 the Reichswehr became Wehrmacht.
The memory of victories (in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, French-Prussian war of 1870-1871, the victory on East front in World War I - the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk of 1918) ... yes ... the memory of victories - is a difficult thing ...
Military figures of Germany after World War I built, restored army, prepared Blitzkrieg ...
The world changed at this time.
Edison, Tesla, Steinmetz (in the USA), Krzhizhanovsky (in Russia) promoted electrification.
A global world was under construction ...
Outstanding military plans and effective military actions ("Blitzkrieg") could not win against powerful economies and the global world.
"The interesting book - in general. And, in particular, she allows to draw conclusions on comparative efficiency of a broad outlook, broad thinking (on the one hand) and a great military professionalism (on the other hand)", - Sergei Sergeyevich estimated the book.
On August 10, 2019 13:25
Translation from Russian into English: August 10, 2019 22:01.
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