02337cam a2200433 i 4500 508280235 TxAuBib 20210809120000.0 191203s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019053386 9781101874004 hardcover 1101874007 hardcover 9781101872062 paperback 1101872063 paperback TxAuBib rda eng ger Ullrich, Volker,. Adolf Hitler: die Jahre des Untergangs 1939-1945 English. Hitler: downfall, 1939-1945 / Volker Ullrich ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase. Downfall, 1939-1945. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. ix, 838 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 789-809) and index. Unleashing the War -- Poland 1939-40: Prelude to a War of annihilation -- Decision in the West? -- Strategic stalemate -- Operation Barbarossa -- The War Turns, 1941-1942 -- The road to the Holocaust -- Stalingrad and the battle for oil -- Total War and ethnic-Popular Community -- On the defensive -- Operations Overlord and Bagration -- The Berghof during the War -- The Stauffenberg assassination attempt and its aftermath -- Final rally -- Decline of a dictator -- Staged exit -- The final days in the bunker -- Hitler's Place in History. "From the author of Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939--a riveting account of the dictator's final years, when he got the war he wanted but his leadership led to catastrophe for his nation, the world, and himself."-- Provided by publisher. 20210809. Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 Political and social views. Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 Influence. National socialism. Heads of state Germany Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns. Germany Politics and government 1933-1945. Chase, Jefferson S.,. Ullrich, Volker. Ullrich, Volker., New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.