hitler, adolf

The events which befell Adolf Hitler between 1889 and 1923 influenced his political outlook and heralded the formation of the Sturmabteilung---the notorious SA---and the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. The parallel growth of the SA from a small group of fist fighters to a feared paramilitary force is covered in detail.

Presents a portrait of Adolf Hitler including some of his revealing statements. Contains over 300 photographs taken by his personal photographer.

Dramatizes the story of Adolf Hitler and his rise to power from the beginning, including the forming of the Nazi Party.

Looks at the rivalry between Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill.

Explores how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in Germany and how their expansionist policies in eastern Europe led inexorably to conflict with major European powers. Follows the fortunes of the German military machine as its initial successes were first halted and then reversed on both the Western and Eastern fronts, until the Reich lay in ruins.

Discusses the history of Hitler's invasion of Paris, France in 1940 and how a photograph of him posed before the Eiffel Tower shocked the world.

In 1940 England, stuck in a train tunnel while German fighter jets fly overhead, Barney hears an unlikely story of a highly decorated World War I soldier who once had a chance to kill young Adolf Hitler.

In this alternate version of the 1950s, after the Axis powers win World War II, Yael, a Jewish skinshifter, fails in her mission to kill Hitler and finds herself being hunted while trying to finish what she started.

"By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three would meet their end, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters of history. Hitler's Last Days is a gripping account of the death of one of the most reviled villains of the 20th century--a man whose regime of murder and terror haunts the world even today. Adapted from Bill O'Reilly's historical thriller Killing Patton, this book will have young readers--and grown-ups too--hooked on history"--.

Explores the myths and theories surrounding Adolf Hitler's life, and attempts to explain why he killed thousands of Jews during World War II.