The a history of Nazi Germany Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence) 1904- creator text enk London Arrow Books 1998 monographic eng

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xii, 1245 p. ; 20 cm. The rise of Adolf Hitler -- Birth of the Third Reich -- Birth of the Nazi Party -- Versailles, Weimar and the Beer Hall Putsch -- The mind of Hitler and the roots of the Third Reich -- Triumph and consolidation -- The road to power: 1925-31 -- The last days of the Republic: 1931-33 -- The Nazification of Germany: 1933-34 -- Life in the Third Reich: 1933-37 -- The road to war -- The first steps: 1934-37 -- Strange fateful interlude: the fall of Blomberg, Fritsch, Neurath and Schacht -- Anschluss: the rape of Austria -- The road to Munich -- Czechoslovakia ceases to exist -- The turn of Poland -- The Nazi-Soviet Pact -- The last days of peace -- The launching of World War II -- War: early victories and the turning point -- The fall of Poland -- Sitzkrieg in the West -- The conquest of Denmark and Norway -- Victory in the West -- Operation Sea Lion: the thwarted invasion of Britain -- Barbarossa: the turn of Russia -- A turn of the tide -- The turn of the United States -- The great turning point: 1942- Stalingrad and El Alamein -- Beginning of the end -- The new order -- The fall of Mussolini -- The Allied invasion of Western Europe and the attempt to kill Hitler -- The fall of the Third Reich -- The conquest of Germany -- Goetterdaemmerung: the last days of the Third Reich. by William L. Shirer. Includes bibliographical references (p. 1181-1191) and index. National socialism Germany History 1933-1945 DD256.5 .S48 1998 943.086 0749306971 (1998 printing) 0099421763 EQF 150707 20150707202228.0 8151