Hitler : downfall, 1939-1945 / Volker Ullrich ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.
"From the author of Hitler: ascent, 1889-1939, [an] ... account of the dictator's final years, when he got the war he wanted but his leadership led to catastrophe for his nation, the world, and himself"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781101874004 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: ix, 838 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. Translation of: Adolf Hitler : die Jahre des Untergangs, 1939-1945. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-809) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Stroud Branch | 943.086092 Hitle-U | 31681010207264 | NONFIC | Available | - |