{"product_id":"hitler-years-vol-2-disaster-1940-1945","title":"Hitler Years Vol 2 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. \u003cbr\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315297263998,"sku":"NW9781789544688","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781789544688.jpg?v=1778687865","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/hitler-years-vol-2-disaster-1940-1945","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}