Publisher Description
The Second Volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand, ending with his death and Germany's disastrous defeat. In The Hitler Years: Disaster 1940 – 1945, Frank McDonough completes his brilliant two-volume history of Germany under Hitler’s Third Reich. At 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. Despite Hitler's grand ambitions and the successful early stages of the Third Reich's advances into Europe, Frank McDonough convincingly argues that Germany was only ever a middle-ranking power and never truly stood a chance against the combined forces of the Allies. In this second volume of The Hitler Years, Professor Frank McDonough charts the dramatic change of fortune for the Third Reich and Germany's ultimate defeat.
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About Paul McGann
Paul McGann established his reputation as an actor in The Monocled Mutineer to both popular and critical acclaim. He has starred in Doctor Who, The One Who Got Away, The Hanging Gale, and Our Mutual Friend. His major film roles include Withnail and I, as well as Fairy Tale: A True Story, The Three Musketeers, The Rainbow, and Downtime. On stage he has appeared in Sabrina, A Life of the Mind, The Seagull, and the title role in Cain.