General Siegfried Westphal headed the headquarters of famous military leaders - he served with Rommel in North Africa, then with Kesselring in Italy and with Rundstedt in France. The author gives a detailed description of the events from the point of view of the German command, talks about the situation in the army during The twelve-year dictatorship of the National Socialists shows how limited the freedom of action of military leaders was. An astute observer, Westphal provides an inside look at the history of the German army and provides a meticulous analysis of the events he witnessed on the battlefields of World War II.