The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer
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Recommended by 6 sources and appears in Nazi Germany, About Germany, and Most Recommended Books.
Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 years contained some of the most catastrophic events Western civilization has ever known.No other powerful empire ever bequeathed such mountains of evidence about its birth and destruction as the Third Reich. When the bitter war was over, and before the...
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“@_BarringtonII @benshapiro You're welcome! Shirer does an excellent job of unpacking the Soviets' reversal and why it happened. It's one of my favorite books. Let me know what you think if you give it a try.”
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