Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett (October 13, 1902-1975) was a British historian of German and diplomatic history. Wheeler-Bennett lived in Germany between 1927-1934 and witnessed first-hand the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazi Germany. Later, Wheeler-Bennett was to became a critic of Appeasement and wrote a book condeeming the Munich Agreement that became a early classic of the anti-appleasement litearture. Wheeler-Bennett was best known for The Nemesis of Power that documented the German Army's disastrous efforts at playing politics. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... An historian is a person who studies history. ... Sometimes referred to as Rankian History, diplomatic history focuses on politics, politicians and other high rulers and views them as being the driving force of continuity and change in history. ... The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic (Pronounced Vy-mahr, and in German it is known as the Weimarer Republik). It is named after the city of Weimar where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution after the German monarchy... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Appeasement is a strategic manoeuver, based on either pragmatism, fear of war, or moral conviction, that leads to acceptance of imposed conditions in lieu of armed resistance. ... Chamberlain holds the paper containing the resolution to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself on his return from Germany in September 1938. ... Heer is the German word for army. ...

Work

• Information on the reducation of armaments, with an introduction by Major-General Sir Neil L. Malcolm, 1925.
• Information on the renunciation of war, 1927-1928 with an introduction by Philip H. Kerr, 1928.
• The wreck of reparations, being the political background of the Lausanne Agreement, 1932, 1932.
• Disarmament and security since Locarno 1925-1931; being the political and technical background of the general diarmament conference, 1932, 1933.
• Hindenburg: the wooden Titan, 1936.
• Brest-Litovsk : the forgotten peace, March 1918, 1938.
• Munich : prologue to tragedy, 1948.
• The nemesis of power : the German Army in politics, 1918-1945, 1953, revised editon 1964.
• King George VI, his life and reign, 1958.
• John Anderson, viscount Waverley, 1962.
• A wreath to Clio: studies in British, American and German affairs, 1967.
• Action This Day; Working With Churchill. Memoirs by Lord Norman Brook (And Others), edited With an introduction by Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, 1968.
• The pipe dream of peace; the story of the collapse of disarmament, 1971.
• The semblance of peace : the political settlement after the Second World War, co-written by J.Wheeler-Bennett and Anthony Nicholls, 1972.
• The history makers; leaders and statesmen of the 20th century, Edited by Lord Longford & Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, Chronologies and editorial assistance by Christine Nicholls, 1973.
• Knaves, fools and heroes in Europe between the wars, 1974.
• Special relationships : America in peace and war, 1975.
• Friends, enemies, and sovereigns, 1976