Hitler: downfall, 1939-1945

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Label

Hitler: downfall, 1939-1945

Statement of responsibility

Volker Ullrich ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase

Creator

• Ullrich, Volker, 1943-

Contributor

• Chase, Jefferson S

Subject

• Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
• Heads of state -- Germany -- Biography
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Influence
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Political and social views
• Biographies
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
• National socialism

Genre

• Biography
• Biographies

Language

• eng
• ger
• eng

Summary

In the summer of 1939 Hitler was at the zenith of his power. The Nazis had consolidated political control in Germany and a series of foreign-policy coups had restored Germany to the status of a major world power. He now embarked on realizing his lifelong ambition: to provide the German people with the resources they needed to flourish and to exterminate those who stood in the way. Yet despite a series of stunning initial triumphs, Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union in 1941 turned the tide for good. Now, Volker Ullrich offers fascinating new insight into Hitler's character and personality, vividly portraying the insecurity, obsession with minutiae, and narcissistic penchant for gambling that led Hitler to overrule his subordinates and then blame them for his failures; and, ultimately, when he realized the war was not winnable, to embark on the annihilation of Germany itself in order to punish the people who he believed had failed to hand him victory

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography