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Hitler : downfall, 1939-1945 /

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Summer, 1939. Hitler was at the zenith of his power. The Nazis had consolidated political control in Germany and a series of foreign policy coups had restored Germany to the status of a major world power. He embarked on his lifelong ambition, to provide the German people with the resources they need...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ullrich, Volker, 1943- (Author)
Other Authors: Chase, Jefferson S. (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2020]
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Hitler, Adolf, > 1889-1945 > Political and social views.
Hitler, Adolf, > 1889-1945 > Influence.
Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
National socialism.
Heads of state > Germany > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns.
Table of Contents:
  • Unleashing the War
  • Poland 1939-40: Prelude to a War of annihilation
  • Decision in the West?
  • Strategic stalemate
  • Operation Barbarossa
  • The War Turns, 1941-1942
  • The road to the Holocaust
  • Stalingrad and the battle for oil
  • Total War and ethnic-Popular Community
  • On the defensive
  • Operations Overlord and Bagration
  • The Berghof during the War
  • The Stauffenberg assassination attempt and its aftermath
  • Final rally
  • Decline of a dictator
  • Staged exit
  • The final days in the bunker
  • Hitler's Place in History.