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Format:

Book

Author:

Ullrich, Volker, 1943- author.

Title:

Hitler : downfall, 1939-1945 / Volker Ullrich ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.

Description:

ix, 838 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Summary:

"From the author of Hitler: ascent, 1889-1939, [an] ... 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. English

Hitler : down-fall, 1939-1945

Hitler : 1939-1945

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Copyright page.

Translation of: Adolf Hitler : die Jahre des Untergangs, 1939-1945.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 789-809) and index.

Contents:

Unleashing the war -- Poland 1939-1940: 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.

LCCN:

2019053386

ISBN:

9781101874004

Other Number:

1131894843

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

852869

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

BIO Hitler