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Hitler : downfall, 1939-1945 / Volker Ullrich ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.

Ullrich, Volker, (author.). Chase, Jefferson S., (translator.). Ullrich, Volker. translation of: Adolf Hitler: die Jahre des Untergangs 1939-1945. English. (Added Author).

Summary:

"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.

Record details

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.