Hitler's Commander: Field Marshal Walther Model--Hitler's Favorite General

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.541343092
EAN: 9780306813993
ISBN: 0306813998
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: January 02, 2006
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Studio: Da Capo Press

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The first English-language biography of one of Germany's top battlefield commanders-Hitler's favorite field marshal

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.




Rating: - Newton offers little, given a little
While not recognized in the Pantheon of higher acclaimed German World War II generals (Rommel, von Manstein, et. al., , Newton attempt to shed some light on the enigmatic Walther Model. The problem is, as Newton himself suggests, there 'ain't' much to work with. Model's papers were destroyed near wars' end and much of the 'story' is second/third hand accounts from mostly rivals of the exaggerated-termed 'Hitler's Favorite General'. Granted, Newton give his best effort - his text on the Bulge and ... Read More

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Rating: - The "Fireman"
Much needed and overdue biography. FM Model served on both the Eastern and Western fronts and commanded all kinds and sizes of German Army units. Professor Newton gives a fair, balanced and thorough description of the man and the commander. This book is for both those who specialize in the German Army and those who will like a good biography.

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Rating: - A very informative read
This is a very interesting and informative account of Walther Model as a military commander.

There seems to be a paucity of material relating directly to Model (he destroyed his personal papers at the end of the war), and the author has done a very good job of piecing together this well-written narrative. There is not much in it about his personal life - a few lines about his upbringing, and the odd allusion to things like his drinking. He seems to have had only one period of leave, ... Read More

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Rating: - The dead have broad backs...
This book offers 365 pages of reading material and a few photos sprinkled throughout. The only book available in english about Walther Model unfortunately. It offers a mere glimpse at one of the most extraordinary commanders in the annals of modern warfare.

Professor Newton has created a book out of thin air and it shows. Not meaning to belittle his herculean efforts in putting this book together from a maze of other individual accounts and offical records, for unfortunately Walther Model ... Read More

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Rating: - Finally a Biography of a Little Known German General
Exhaustive research gives us an intriguing account of one of Hitler's most trusted commanders

Walther Model was the German commander thrown by Adolph Hitler into so many of World War II's worst crises that contemporaries nicknamed him the `Fuhrer's fireman.'

The son of a music teacher, he sported a monocle and a field marshal's baton. He also stood up to Hitler in a way that hardly anyone else dared.

Newton dispels rumors and myths that discount Model's intellectual ... Read More

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