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Paperback. Pub Date :2012-04-26 Pages: 592 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books Ian Kershaws The End is a gripping. revelatory account of the final months of the Nazi war machine. from the failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in July 1944 to the German surrender in May 1945.In almost every major war there comes a point where defeat looms for one side and its rulers cut a deal with the victors. if only in an attempt to save their own skins. In Hitlers Germany. nothing of this kind happened: in the end the regime had to be stamped out town by town with an almost unprecedented level of brutality.Just what made Germany keep on fighting Why did its rulers not cut a deal to save their own skins And why did ordinary people continue to obey the Fuhrers suicidal orders. with countless Germans executing their own countrymen for desertion or defeatismNamed Book of the Year by the...Read More

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  • Foyles

    Named Book of the Year by the Sunday Times, TLS, Spectator, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail and Scotland on Sunday, Ian Kershaw's The End is a searing account of the final months of Nazi Germany, laying bare the fear and fanaticism that drove a nation to destruction. In almost every major war there comes a point where defeat looms for one side and its rulers cut a deal with the victors, if only in an attempt to save their own skins. In Hitler's Germany, nothing of this kind happened: in the end the regime had to be stamped out town by town with an almost unprecedented level of brutality. Just what made Germany keep on fighting?Why did its rulers not cut a deal to save their own skins?And why did ordinary people continue to obey the Fuhrer's suicidal orders, with countless Germans executing their own countrymen for desertion or defeatism?

  • Play

    This title has been nominated for "Sunday Times" "TLS" "Spectator" "Sunday Telegraph" "Daily Mail" and "Scotland On Sunday" Books of The Year. In almost every major war there comes a point where defeat looms for one side and its rulers cut a deal with the victors if only in an attempt to save their own skins. In Hitler's Germany nothing of this kind happened: in the end the regime had to be stamped out town by town with an almost unprecedented level of brutality. Just what made Germany keep on fighting? Kershaw's gripping revelatory book recounts these final months from the failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in July 1944 to the German surrender in May 1945.

  • BookDepository

    The End : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141014210 : 0141014210 : 26 Apr 2012 : In almost every major war there comes a point where defeat looms for one side and its rulers cut a deal with the victors, if only in an attempt to save their own skins. This title offers an account of the final months of the Nazi war machine, from the failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in July 1944 to the German surrender in May 1945.

  • Waterstones

    In almost every major war there comes a point where defeat looms for one side and its rulers cut a deal with victors, if only in an attempt to save their own skins. In Hitler's Germany, nothing of this kind happened. This book recounts these final mo

  • 0141014210
  • 9780141014210
  • Ian Kershaw
  • 26 April 2012
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 592
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