The end : the defiance and destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
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- ISBN: 1594203148
- ISBN: 9781594203145
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Physical Description:
xxvi, 564 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 Military leadership Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 Public opinion World War, 1939-1945 Germany Sociology, Military Germany History 20th century |
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Summary:
A fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II. Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital question of how and why it was able to hold out as long as it did. The Third Reich did not surrender until Germany had been left in ruins and almost completely occupied. Even in the near-apocalypticfinal months, when the war was plainly lost, the Nazis refused to sue for peace. Historically, this is extremely rare. Drawing on original testimony from ordinary Germans and arch-Nazis alike, award-winning historian Ian Kershaw explores this fascinating question in a gripping and focused narrative that begins with the failed bomb plot in July 1944 and ends with the German capitulation in May 1945.