Author:
Ullrich, Volker, 1943- author.
Edition Statement:First American edition.
ImprintNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Imprint2020
Descriptionix, 838 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note:"A Borzoi book."
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 789-809) and index.
Note:"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."-- Provided by publisher.
