Hitler : downfall, 1939-1945
Title:
Hitler : downfall, 1939-1945
Author:
Ullrich, Volker, 1943- author.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Adolf Hitler: die Jahre des Untergangs 1939-1945. English.
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
ix, 838 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary:
"From the author of Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939--a riveting 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."--
General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book."
Language:
English
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.
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Added Author:
ISBN:
9781101874004
9781101872062
Format :
Book
