{"product_id":"the-hitler-years-von-frank-mcdonough","title":"The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940 - 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second volume of a new narrative history of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime, by an expert on the Third Reich. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This book is like a time machine because McDonough writes so vividly' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'McDonough writes clearly and readably with just enough detail on the huge canvas that he covers' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book of big themes, big ideas and world changing events [.] a masterpiece' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of War Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Hitler Years: Disaster 1940-1945\u003c\/i\u003e, Professor Frank McDonough charts the dramatic change of fortune for the Third Reich, and challenges long-held accounts of the Holocaust and Germany's ultimate defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite Hitler's grand ambitions and the successful early stages of the Third Reich'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781789544688\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781789544688","offer_id":40914522177629,"sku":"9781789544688","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/df1a7277-45b4-4b0d-b428-c003280e37d6.jpg?v=1779077184","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/the-hitler-years-von-frank-mcdonough","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}