The end : the defiance and destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
(2012, original release: 2011)
By:
Kershaw, Ian
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
940.5343/KERSHAW,I
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Group USA, 2012
©2011
©2011
DESCRIPTION
xxviii, 564 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780143122135, 0143122134
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Going down in flames -- Shock to the system -- Collapse in the West -- Foretaste of horror -- Hopes raised- and dashed -- Calamity in the East -- Terror comes home -- Crumbling foundations -- Implosion -- Liquidation -- Conclusion : anatomy of self-destruction
Examines why the Third Reich resisted surrender for months after it had clearly lost World War II, drawing on testimony from civilians and former military insiders to discuss the Nazis' psychological power over German citizens