Product: The Hitler Years, Volume 2: Disaster 1940-1945 (English Edition)
&apos;This is a book of big themes, big ideas and world changing events [...] It&apos;s a masterpiece&apos; History of War MagazineAt the beginning of 1940 Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat.Hitler had failed to achieve his aim of making Germany a super power and had left her people to cope with the endless shame of the Holocaust.In The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945, Professor Frank McDonough charts the dramatic change of fortune for the Third Reich, and challenges long-held accounts of the Holocaust and Germany&apos;s ultimate defeat.Despite Hitler&apos;s grand ambitions and the successful early stages of the Third Reich&apos;s advances into Europe, Frank McDonough argues that Germany was only ever a middle-ranking power and never truly stood a chance against the combined forces of the Allies.Praise for Frank McDonough: &apos;Superbly scholarly and just as readable&apos; Dan Snow&apos;The Hitler Years ~ Disaster and its companion volume, The Hitler Years ~ Triumph, are not just informative on a nearly encyclopaedic level, they are well-researched, well-structured, and well-written. What&apos;s more, they are relevant and challenging. Through questioning the myths that still exist, they encourage the reader to think in a new way, not just about the past, but about the present and the future&apos; Get History&apos;McDonough has provided fascinating insights into the experiences of Germans in a fickle and frightening world&apos; The Times, on The Gestapo

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