The long-awaited second volume of Volker Ullrich’s acclaimed biography of the F hrer, taking us in the course of the war years – from the early triumphs of the Blitzkrieg to Hitler’s suicide in his Berlin bunker
‘Meticulous… One of the disturbing portrait of Hitler I’ve ever read’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
By the summer of 1939 Hitler used to be on the zenith of his power. Yet regardless of initial triumphs within the early stages of war, the F hrer’s fortunes would turn dramatically as the conflict raged on. Realising that victory used to be lost, and with Soviet troops closing in on his Berlin bunker, Hitler committed suicide in April 1945; one week later, Nazi Germany surrendered. His murderous ambitions had not only annihilated his own country, but had cost the lives of millions across Europe.
By the summer of 1939 Hitler used to be on the zenith of his power. Yet regardless of initial triumphs within the early stages of war, the F hrer’s fortunes would turn dramatically as the conflict raged on. Realising that victory used to be lost, and with Soviet troops closing in on his Berlin bunker, Hitler committed suicide in April 1945; one week later, Nazi Germany surrendered. His murderous ambitions had not only annihilated his own country, but had cost the lives of millions across Europe.
In the final volume of this landmark biography, Volker Ullrich argues that the very qualities – and the defects – that accounted for Hitler’s popularity and upward thrust to power were what brought about his ruin. A keen strategist and meticulous military commander, he used to be also a deeply insecure gambler who might be shaken by the smallest setback, and used to be quick to blame subordinates for his own disastrous mistakes.
Drawing on a wealth of new sources and scholarship, that is the definitive portrait of the man who dragged the world into chaos.
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