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{{Short description|13-volume work}}{{italic title}}(File:Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg.jpg|thumb|Cover of the original German edition of volume 1)Germany and the Second World War () 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.NEWS,www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/2306463/Hitler%27s-%27suicidal-urge%27-prolonged-war-by-three-years,-German-historians-say.html, Hitler’s ‘suicidal urge’ prolonged war by three years, German historians say, 17 July 2008, The Daily Telegraph, Harry, De Quetteville, 19 June 2022, 8 September 2008,www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/2306463/Hitler%27s-%27suicidal-urge%27-prolonged-war-by-three-years%2C-German-historians-say.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080908114953www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/2306463/Hitler%27s-%27suicidal-urge%27-prolonged-war-by-three-years%2C-German-historians-say.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080908114953www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/2306463/Hitler%27s-%27suicidal-urge%27-prolonged-war-by-three-years%2C-German-historians-say.html, live, NEWS,www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3490049,00.html, New Book Examines German Fanaticism in World War II, 17 July 2008, Deutsche Welle, 21 April 2013, 19 December 2010,www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3490049,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20101219122614www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3490049,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20101219122614www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3490049,00.html, live,

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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 2017, 11 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 two parts are yet to be announced by 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):WEB,global.oup.com/academic/content/series/g/germany-and-the-second-world-war-gsww/?cc=us&lang=en&, Title release list Oxford University Press, 28 February 2019, Oxford University Press, 15 December 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181215070236/https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/g/germany-and-the-second-world-war-gsww/?cc=us&lang=en&, live, {| class = “wikitable” border = “1”! Volume!Title! English language title! Authors! Translators!Original publication date! English language publication date! Pages! Availability! ISBN| I|Ursachen und Voraussetzungen der deutschen Kriegspolitik| The Build-up of German Aggression| Wilhelm Deist, Manfred Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann, Wolfram Wette| P. S. Falla, Dean S. McMurry, Ewald Osers|1979| 1990| 827| On-demand reprints

0-19-822866-X}}

| II|Die Errichtung der Hegemonie auf dem europäischen Kontinent| Germany’s Initial Conquests in Europe

Klaus A. Maier	Klaus A. Maier}}, Horst Rohde, Bernd Stegemann, Hans Umbreit| Dean S. McMurry, Ewald Osers, P. S. Falla (translation editor)|1979| 1991| 459| On-demand reprints	0-19-822885-6}}

| III|Der Mittelmeerraum und Südosteuropa 1940–1941: Von der “non belligeranza” Italiens bis zum Kriegseintritt der Vereinigten Staaten| The Mediterranean, South-East Europe, and North Africa 1939–1942| Gerhard Schreiber, Bernd Stegemann, Detlef Vogel| Dean S. McMurry, Ewald Osers, Louise Willmot, P. S. Falla (translation editor)|1984| 1995| 840| On-demand reprints

0-19-822884-8}}

| IV|Der Angriff auf die Sowjetunion| The Attack on the Soviet Union| Horst Boog, Jürgen Förster, Joachim Hoffmann, Ernst Klink, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Gerd R. Ueberschär| Dean S. McMurry, Ewald Osers, Louise Willmot|1983| 1998

The first English-language edition of Volume IV also included a separate spiral-bound book of 27 maps in German.}}| On-demand reprints	0-19-822886-4}}

| V/I|Organisation und Mobilisierung des deutschen Machtbereichs – Teilband 1: Kriegsverwaltung, Wirtschaft und personelle Ressourcen 1939 bis 1941| Organization and Mobilization of the German Sphere of Power: Wartime Administration, Economy, and Manpower Resources 1939–1941

Bernhard R. Kroener	Bernhard R. Kroener}}, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Hans Umbreit| John Brownjohn, Patricia Crampton, Ewald Osers, Louise Willmot|1988| 2000| 1253| On-demand reprints	0-19-822887-2}}

| V/II|Organisation und Mobilisierung des deutschen Machtbereichs – Teilband 2: Kriegsverwaltung, Wirtschaft und personelle Ressourcen 1942 bis 1944/45| Organization and Mobilization of the German Sphere of Power: Wartime Administration, Economy, and Manpower Resources 1942–1944/5| Bernhard R. Kroener, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Hans Umbreit| Derry Cook-Radmore, Ewald Osers, Barry Smerin, Barbara Wilson|1999| 2003| 1183| In-print

0-19-820873-1}}

| VI|Der globale Krieg: Die Ausweitung zum Weltkrieg und der Wechsel der Initiative 1941 bis 1943| The Global War

Werner Rahn, {{illm>Reinhard Stumpf (historian)	de|Reinhard_Stumpf_(Historiker)}}, Bernd Wegner| Ewald Osers, John Brownjohn, Patricia Crampton, Louise Willmot|1990| 2001| 1347| On-demand reprints	0-19-822888-0}}

| VII|Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive Strategischer Luftkrieg in Europa, Krieg im Westen und in Ostasien 1943 bis 1944/45| The Strategic Air War in Europe and the War in the West and East Asia 1943–1944/5

Gerhard Krebs	Gerhard Krebs}}, Detlef Vogel| Derry Cook-Radmore, Francisca Garvie, Ewald Osers, Barry Smerin, Barbara Wilson|2001| 2006| 928| In-print	0-19-822889-9}}

| VIII|Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive: Die Ostfront 1943/44 Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten| The Eastern Front 1943–1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts

Karl-Heinz Frieser, {{illm>Klaus Schmider	Klaus Schmider}}, {{illm	de|Klaus Schönherr}}, Gerhard Schreiber, Krisztián Ungváry, Bernd Wegner| Barry Smerin, Barbara Wilson|2007| 2017| 1408| In-print	978-0198723462}}

| IX/I|Staat und Gesellschaft im Kriege: Die deutsche Kriegsgesellschaft 1939 bis 1945. Politisierung, Vernichtung, Überleben| German Wartime Society 1939–1945: Politicization, Disintegration, and the Struggle for Survival

Ralf Blank	Ralf Blank}}, Jörg Echternkamp, Karola Fings, Jürgen Förster, {{illm	de	Tobias Jersak	Tobias Jersak}}, {{illm	de	Christoph Rass	Christoph Rass}}| Derry Cook-Radmore, Francisca Garvie, Ewald Osers, Barry Smerin, Barbara Wilson|2004| 2008| 1072| In-print	0-19928-277-3}}

| IX/II|Staat und Gesellschaft im Kriege: Die deutsche Kriegsgesellschaft 1939 bis 1945. Ausbeutung, Deutungen, Ausgrenzung| German Wartime Society 1939–1945: Exploitation, Interpretations, Exclusion

Bernhard Chiari	Bernhard Chiari}}, Jörg Echternkamp, et al.| Derry Cook-Radmore, et al.|2005| 2014| 1168| In-print	0-19-954296-1}}

| X/I|Der Zusammenbruch des Deutschen Reiches 1945 und die Folgen des Zweiten Weltkrieges – Teilbd. 1: Die militärische Niederwerfung der Wehrmacht| The Collapse of Germany 1945 and the Results of the Second World War: The Destruction of the Wehrmacht (approximate title)| Rolf-Dieter Müller, et al.| TBA|2008| TBA| 1000 (approximate)| To be published| TBA| X/II|Der Zusammenbruch des Deutschen Reiches 1945 und die Folgen des Zweiten Weltkrieges – Teilbd. 2: Die Auflösung der Wehrmacht und die Auswirkungen des Krieges| The Collapse of Germany 1945 and the Results of the Second World War: The Resolution of the Wehrmacht and the Consequences of the War| Rolf-Dieter Müller, et al.| TBA|2008| TBA| 850 (approximate)| To be published| TBA

See also

• History of the Second World War

Notes

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References

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External links

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