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The German War

A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945; Citizens and Soldiers

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The German War

Auteur(s): Nicholas Stargardt
Narrateur(s): Michael Kramer
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A major new history of the Third Reich that explores the German psyche.

As early as 1941, Allied victory in World War II seemed all but assured. How and why, then, did the Germans prolong the barbaric conflict for three and a half more years?

In The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on an extraordinary range of primary source materials - personal diaries, court records, and military correspondence - to answer this question. He offers an unprecedented portrait of wartime Germany, bringing the hopes and expectations of the German people - from infantrymen and tank commanders on the Eastern Front to civilians on the home front - to vivid life. While most historians identify the German defeat at Stalingrad as the moment when the average German citizen turned against the war effort, Stargardt demonstrates that the Wehrmacht in fact retained the staunch support of the patriotic German populace until the bitter end.

Astonishing in its breadth and humanity, The German War is a groundbreaking new interpretation of what drove the Germans to fight - and keep fighting - for a lost cause.

©2015 Nicholas Stargardt (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Allemagne Europe Guerres et conflits Militaire Moderne XXe siècle Guerre Impérialisme L’entre-deux-guerres holocauste Moyen Âge Socialisme Union soviétique Russie
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I was born in 1939, England, and while hardly aware, I was conscious of all of the tensions around me, an uncle MIA, thankfully recovered, and my family surviving a bomb in Southampton.
Consequently I was most interested in the 'characters' as they moved through the war. The desire for a normal life, their gradual loss of any control, and even as they realized that Nazi-Germany was failing them, that they could only go forward to the final disaster.
And then keep going.
While, after all these years, I realize the post-war avoidance of facing reality was necessary for re-building the national identity nonetheless in the final chapter,
'Conclusion', I was deeply shocked at how little the governing elite (judges/ civil servants/ diplomats) had been de-Nazified in the post-war era ... we can only hope that their protégés and a younger generation has genuinely examined the past.

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The author addresses the personal experiences of German soldiers and civilians during WW II. It is not a history of battles or campaigns but rather the effect of them on individuals. You will learn what soldiers and civilians thought of Hitler, the Nazi party, the war, the Allies, the Russians, and the persecution and eventually the murder of the Jews. All of it will surprise you. The material is drawn from contemporary letters and diaries, not from retrospective rethinking. It is candidly authentic. Highly recommended.

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