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1889-1945

The Allied invasion of Europe

2013
The dramatic story of the Allies' liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II is recaptured, beginning with the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. Readers learn how the Allies planned and executed this amazing amphibious assault that, while costly, allowed them to gain a key foothold in Europe.

The Holocaust

2012
Six million human beings, murdered in the name of racial purity. The Holocaust is the grisly story of how six million Jews, along with millions of other innocent people, were systematically brutalized and butchered by the Nazis.

Blitzkrieg!

Hitler's lightning war
2008
Describes German leader Adolf Hitler's blitzkrieg, or "lightning war" tactic, a strategy used with much success in the Spanish Civil War, and in conquering Poland, Norway, Denmark, the Low Countries, and France, and looks at how the Allied troops were finally able to stop the German advance in North Africa and the Soviet Union. Includes essays on specific campaigns.

Adolf Hitler

dictator of Nazi Germany
2006
A biography of German dictator Adolf Hitler describing his childhood, involvement in the First World War, rise to power during the 1930s as the head of the Nazi Party, and his plan for a master race and world domination.

Hitler

a study in tyranny
1991
A biography of the German dictator covering his life and career.

Adolf Hitler

2002
An illustrated chronicle of Adolf Hitler's life, describing his childhood and service in the army, his long-held hatred of the Jews, his rise to power, and the destruction he caused during the Second World War through his military aggression and the Holocaust.

A concise biography of Adolf Hitler

2000
A biography of Adolf Hitler, providing facts and anecdotes about the life and career of the World War II era German leader; organized by subject.

Storming to power

1989
Examines the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany.

The unmaking of Adolf Hitler

1996
Biography of Adolf Hitler, discussing the reasons a foreign-born high school dropout was able to attain and wield such power over the German nation, with discussion of how his inadequacies caused Hitler to make fatal mistakes.

Fatherland

1992
Berlin, 1964, Hitler is about to celebrate his seventy-fifth birthday and President Joseph P. Kennedy is to visit Berlin to initiate detente with Germany.

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