I had two options for which of Hitler’s complete biographies I’m going to read this time, in fact, three. My choices were Peter Longrich’s work on Hitler or Volker Ullrich’s, and the last one was Kershaw. But I finally decided on Volker Ullrich’s two-part book on Hitler, because in the past, I’ve read only American […]
About Volker Ullrich Volker Ullrich is a German historian born in 1943. He studied history, literature, and philosophy at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and in 2008, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Jena. He has written biographies of deceased world leaders, including Napoleon, Bismarck, and Hitler. Chapter 1—Hitler’s Early Years This
Rudolf Hess was a high-ranking member of the Nazi Party, whom Hitler appointed in 1933 as his deputy. He fought in World War I for Germany, joined the Nazi Party in 1920, and participated in the failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. In 1941, Hess made a solo flight to Scotland in hopes of convincing
Operation Bagration was a Soviet operation during World War II in 1944 that destroyed the Army Group Centre and cleared the path for the Red Army into Warsaw.
Comprehensive analysis of The Fall of Berlin 1945, and what comonalites does it share with Ian Kershaw’s The End and funny facts.
Walther Wenck was the youngest general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He participated in the battle of Berlin, commanding the 12th Army while saving thousands.
Ferdinand Schörner was a field marshal in the Wehrmacht and the final commander-in-chief of the German army (OKH). And after the Second World War’s end, he was convicted and imprisoned for his war crimes by the Soviets. EARLY LIFE Schörner was born on 12 June 1892 in Munich, Germany, the future birthplace of the Nazi
About Antony Beevor Sir Anthony Beevor is a British military historian born on 14 December 1946, a year and six months after the collapse of the Third Reich. Over the years, he has written history books regarding specific battles during World War II. The bestsellers are Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin, 1945, released in
About the Author (Robert M. Citino) Robert Citino is an American military historian who, rather than call the Wehrmacht blitzkrieg “blitzkrieg,” stood on calling it “bewegungskreig.” He popularized this notion with his four books, starting with The German Way of War and ending with Wehrmacht’s Last Stand. All books published between 2005 and 2017 Chapter
This book was very pleasant to read, as Robert Citino had done a great job in making the book readable even to a 16-year-old. A non-native English speaker like myself doesn’t have a problem understanding the book’s content clearly. Although I’ve read multiple World War Two books in the past. Throughout the book, Robert Citino