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Although he is mostly remembered for his part in the campaign in Italy from 1943 to 1945, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring was also chief of staff of the Luftwaffe in 1936-37, playing a crucial role in the shaping of the service for the coming war. As commander of Luftflotte 1 in Poland and Luftflotte 2 in France and the Low Countries, he was responsible for supporting the armoured spearheads of the German Army as they undertook their Blitzkrieg campaigns. With the Fall of France, the Battle of Britain began and Luftlotte 2 was the main force in the air attack against the British air defences, with Kesselring planning many raids. Following the war Kesselring was tried and convicted of war crimes following a number of massacres of civilians in Italy. He was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment before being released on the grounds of ill health in October 1952. Here Pier Paolo Battistelli provides a detailed study of one of the most famous German commanders of World War II.
- Sales Rank: #184478 in Books
- Brand: Command
- Published on: 2012-08-21
- Released on: 2012-08-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.86" h x .24" w x 6.91" l, .50 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 64 pages
Review
“Author Pier Paolo Battistelli does a great job of not only telling the story of Kesselring, but also looking into the man himself ... Not only do we look at the life of the man, but are able to follow his career from the beginning and see how he handled each of the commands he was given. It is a superb book about one of Germany's most well respected generals. A book I thoroughly enjoyed reading and one that I can most highly recommend to you.” ―Scott Van Aken, Modeling Madness (April 2012)
“...provides a fine biography of of field marshal Albert Kesselring, a key figure during the Italian campaign of 1943-45.” ―The Midwest Book Review (November 2012)
“...a brief but excellent look at the life of Albert Kesselring.” ―Richard Mataka, www.mataka.org
About the Author
Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his PhD in Military History at the University of Padua. A scholar of German and Italian politics and strategy throughout World War II, he is active in Italy and abroad writing titles and essays on military history subjects. A contributor to the Italian Army Historical Office, he is currently revising his PhD thesis for publication: The War of the Axis: German and Italian Military Partnership in World War Two, 1939-1943.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Decent succinct introduction but does not really capture Kesselring's command style and its strengths and weaknesses
By Yoda
Any introduction of this book would have to start with a few comments on what the Osprey Publishing House's "Command" series, of which this book is a part, is and is not. These books are 64 pages in length, a third of which consists of illustration. Needless to say, anyone looking for an encyclopedic history of any subject in terms of biography (i.e., who is this man), history or even the narrower topic of military strategy would be sorely disappointed. The books in this series are only intended to touch the surface by providing a very rudimentary introduction to the subject that can be read in about an hour and a half or so. For those seeking a much lengthier (and more serious) history and analysis of Kesselring this is not the book. Unfortunately, at least as of September 2012, there is really no independent book that really delves into Kesselring. The two leading (and best books) are Kesselring's own memoirs and Kenneth Macksey's "Kesselring: German Master Strategist of the Second World War" (Published by Greenhill). Unfortunately the former is quite self-serving while the latter is not very deep in terms of its analysis, despite its approximately 250 page length. This is definitely a gap that, hopefully, will eventually be filled but for the time being exists. The relevant question, regarding the Osprey "Command" series book on Kesselring is, does the book, given its format, do an adequate job in examining Kesselring's military career and style of command (along with weaknesses and strengths)? The answer is that it is very mixed. On the one had it provides a succinct and decent introduction to the Kesselring's military career but, on the other, does not provide a decent analysis if his command style (especially in regard to its uniqueness) as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
On the positive side, the book provides a decent history of Kesselring's military career. It starts off with the fact that he came from a non-military family background and rapidly progressed up the ranks before the start of the First World War (very rare), his career during world war one (with almost no front line experience - again quite rare among officers who progressed in the post war period and in WWII), his technical background between the wars and his various commands during the second world war (i.e., lower countries, during Battle of Britain, short experience on Eastern front, Southern Command in Italy and Africa and eventually on the Western front a few months before the war ended). Unfortunately, due to very short length of the book, we obtain a too short history of these (other than Southern) Commands. This is particularly true in regard to his command on the Eastern Front. Also absent is a serious discussion of how Kesselring was able to move up so quickly before the war broke out.
In addition, the book does not discuss how his command style was unique in any way. Dr. Battistelli claims that Kesselring suffered from undue optimism in his strategic plans in Italy and bowing to Hitler's will in permitting Rommel to advance in Africa over capturing Malta first. With respect to his strategic defensive plans in Italy (i.e., defending Italy far south and retreating Northward over time instead of moving immediately to Alps), Dr. Battistelli claims this was optimistic on Kesselring's part (due to an overestimate of allied capabilities?) but did it not make sense, despite the risks, for the Germans to tie down so many allied troops and resources with German troops (i.e., the overwhelming majority were infantry as opposed to mechanized) that could not have been used that effectively on the Eastern Front instead? Did Kesselring really have any hope of persuading Hitler to conquer Malta first before advancing in Africa? Dr. Battistelli also does not discuss how Kesselring's lack of front line combat experience impacted his decisions and command style (if at all).
In short, the book provides us with a very rudimentary overview of his military career but no insights into his command style. A good introduction touching the topic but nothing over and beyond that.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
A Glimpse of Smiling Albert
By R. A Forczyk
Dr. Pier Paolo Battistelli's Albert Kesselring, No. 27 in Osprey's Command series, offers a succinct look at Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, one of the most unusual German commanders in the Second World War. As the author notes, Kesselring rose very rapidly in the German army, transferred to the new Luftwaffe in the 1930s and then occupied key joint-service command slots during the Second World War. Aside from his own memoirs and one dated biography in English, Kesselring hasn't been covered much in English-language history so this volume has merit. However, the 64-page format is tough to pull off (as I can attest personally, having written three previous volumes in this series) and in this case, is only a partial success. I suspect that a good amount of information that fell on the cutting room floor and the volume seemed to lack continuity at parts, which could also be indicative of too much editorial meddling. In any case, this volume is a decent introduction to Kesselring and his role in the Second World War, but essentially just scratches the surface.
Kesselring's early life and career are covered in a few pages in the introduction. One thing that struck my eye was that, "Kesselring did not serve in the trenches or even the front line [in the First World War], he was awarded the Iron Cross first and second class..." Instead, he spent much of the First World War as an adjutant in various artillery units. Afterwards, he spent much of the 1920s in Defense Ministry postings, with only minimal command time. It is also interesting that Kesselring never really served in the hardcore staff position so exalted in the German military - operations officer. When he transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1933, Kesselring continued to occupy high-level ministry positions. All this begs greater insight into Kesselring's political instincts and ability to climb the career ladder so successfully, but without the usual credentials. However, this volume provides no insight into how Kesselring achieved such rapid career success.
The author then spends a bit more space discussing Kesselring's role as Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe and then commander of an Air Fleet in the 1939-41 campaigns. Nothing really new here. He then spent the period 1942-44 in the Mediterranean theater, where he made his most noteworthy contribution by the tenacious defense of Italy. As another reviewer noted, the volume actually says little about Kesselring's command style. A good approach might have been to zoom in on a particular battle, like Monte Cassino, and review key decisions made by Kesselring during a day or two of combat. The section on opposing commanders is little more than capsule bios, with no real comparison of how Kesselring stacked up against opponents like Harold Alexander or Mark Clark. The final section focuses heavily on Kesselring's alleged role in war crimes in Italy - thought there was a bit too much on this for a volume this size. The author only partially sums of Kesselring's individual contributions and faults, citing his excessive optimism in particular. I'm not sure that characteristic was either unique to Kesselring or necessarily pernicious. A good commander has to be optimistic even in the most critical situations; what was he supposed to do in 1943, throw up his hands and say `we're all screwed! The war is lost!' The ability of commanders like Model, Rommel and Kesselring to inspire their troops with optimism in 1944 was a critical combat multiplier for the Wehrmacht and not a fault from their point of view.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Not in synch with the rest of this series
By James D. Crabtree
This is the first time I have ever been disappointed in an Osprey book. First of all, the book simply serves as a resume of Kesselring, not really a discussion of his leadership style (unless "optimism" is a style) or how we was able to influence and lead his soldiers and airmen. The format is confusing. There are typos and finally one map has a key item from a completely different map. While the artwork and maps are great and the photos are good it is hard for me to recommend this book.
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