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."-- Full description
- 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.