Format:
Book
Title:
Hitler : downfall, 1939-1945 / Volker Ullrich ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.
Author:
Ullrich, Volker, 1943- author.
Call Number:
943.086092 Hitler
Edition:
First American edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
©2020
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."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Political and social views.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Influence.
National socialism.
Heads of state -- Germany -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Genre:
Biographies.
Other Author:
Chase, Jefferson S., translator.
Other Title:
Adolf Hitler: die Jahre des Untergangs 1939-1945. 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.
ISBN:
9781101874004
1101874007
9781101872062
1101872063
* 9781101874011