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The Hitler Years - Disaster 1940-1945
- The Hitler Years, Book 2
- Narrated by: Paul McGann
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
The second volume in a new, immensely listenable narrative of the rise and catastrophic fall of the Nazi regime by a respected expert on the 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 its people to cope with the endless shame of the Holocaust.
In The Hitler Years - Disaster 1940-1945, 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.
Despite 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.
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- Border Collie
- 24-05-21
Very enjoyable. A little superficial.
Any book about Hitler has to be careful not to become a brief history of WW2 and for me there was not enough of an attempt to understand Hitler. An example would be the statement in the final chapter about how Germany would have been better off without Italy in the war, but what was it about Hitler which bound him to support and indulge Mussolini?
I would recommend this book. It is more accessible and an easier read than Ian Kershaw’s Hitler.
The performance of the reader is great but there are a couple of small gaps from poor production, but this did not distract from the book.
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- MLG
- 01-10-21
An In-depth Account of The Rise and Fall of Hitler
I enjoyed the voice of Paul McCann reading this account of the 1930s to the end of the Second World War in Europe. There was so much I hadn’t realised about how Hitler had risen to such power, and the manipulation of the people around him and the people of Germany. A piece of history that needs to be told again and again. The wholesale slaughter of the Jewish people due to one man building such hatred in the minds of a country’s population. A well researched piece of history that is relevant today and for the future.
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- Adam
- 01-10-23
Incredible account of our history.
Incredible account of our history. Presents itself as an unbiased well researched, well grounded and neutral recollection of one of the worst periods in modern human history.
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- Mr. Richard Norton
- 22-02-21
Superb if you are of fan of WW2
One of the best books on the Hitler years I’ve come across. Well narrated and just enough detail. Not over-academic and so not bogged down with troop movements on the Eastern front that some books are guilty of. Very enjoyable and informative.
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- Paul O'Sullivan
- 11-11-21
Absolutely Brilliant
I thoroughly enjoyed this incredible chronology of Hitlers/Nazisms ascendency and eventual decline.
The book provides amazing insight on the decisions that lead to significant events of WW2 and profiles the people who made them.
A must read for all fans of history.
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- Sean
- 03-06-21
Good thorough insight in the war years
I really enjoyed this audible title, read well by Paul McGann. It is very long but I can dip in and out of these audibles when I want to. Overall interesting and very deep insight to the Hitler war years
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- Anonymous User
- 31-08-22
Harrowing
A very difficult listen at times, but an honest account of total war. Excellent research and the narration is haunting.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-03-21
absolutely fascinating
really loved it..its not your average Hitler's life story. it goes too deep and it's definitely worth listening to.
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- Thomas Joseph Mahony
- 16-04-21
Top Class
Most enjoyable and easy listen. Level of detail could not be better or more interesting. Narration best ever of any audio book.
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- Batter
- 30-08-21
Superb
Brilliant narrative. Full of fascinating detail and well told. The descriptions of harrowing human stories are vivid and moving. highly recommended.
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