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Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the 20th century’s blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.

Here is a gripping account of the major postwar trial of the Nazi hierarchy in World War II. The Nuremberg Trial brilliantly recreates the trial proceedings and offers a reasoned, often profound examination of the processes that created international law. From the whimpering of Kaltenbrunner and Ribbentrop on the stand to the icy coolness of Goering, each participant is vividly drawn.

Nazi Germany didn’t start with tanks, camps, or war. It began with political chaos, inflation, and a nation hunting “enemies within.” Hitler was voted in, welcomed, and normalized long before dictatorship was obvious. He promised to make Germany “great” again. If you’ve ever wondered why millions backed Hitler, why people watched Jewish neighbors disappear and stayed silent, why propaganda and strongman politics keep returning, or how a democracy can die quietly through fear, division, and a leader promising to fix everything, this audiobook tells the story clearly from start to finish.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith? As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle...

The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge—a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness” (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker)—covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious...

An astonishing account of life under a murderous regime amid a great city’s descent into utter annihilation In 1939, when Ian Buruma’s epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and its 4.3 million people have made their accommodations to the regime, more or less. When war...

Case Red tells the often overlooked story of the fall of Metropolitan France from the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk through to the eventual collapse and armistice in June 1940. Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then conducting a tough defence along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest and St Nazaire.

“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”—New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a...

Erich Honecker’s life traces the arc of a century defined by ideology, ambition, and the hard edges of power. Rising from a modest childhood in the Saarland to become the unyielding leader of the German Democratic Republic, Honecker built a state that promised socialism and delivered surveillance, stability, and repression in equal measure. This biography follows his journey from young communist activist to the architect of East Germany’s rigid political order, revealing the convictions that drove him and the contradictions that ultimately consumed his regime. It explores the world he ...

From a top scholar of World War II, the “​fascinating”​ (John C. McManus) definitive history of Germany’s U-boat campaign that challenged British naval supremacy and brought international trade to its knees Winston Churchill once remarked that the only threat to truly frighten him was...

The Story of Central Europe, From Charlemagne to Modern Germany Central Europe shaped the modern world. Empires rose and fell. Dynasties ruled for centuries. Wars redrew borders. Religious movements divided nations. Powerful leaders changed history forever. This book brings it all together. Spanning more than 1,000 years, this 4-in-1 collection follows the rise, transformation, and legacy of the forces that built Germany and reshaped Europe. From medieval emperors to the modern era, you’ll see how everything connects. Four manuscripts in one book: The Holy Roman Empire: An Enthralling ...

There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world’s most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time.

Read the Painfully Realistic, Shocking, Yet Moving Tale of a German Soldier Whose Love for His Family Kept Him Going – “Eastern Front – 500 Letters from War” contains all the letters written by a German soldier during the war and in Soviet captivity, plus his breathtaking escape report from the Czech uranium mines in 1949 During the Second World War, Josef Chervatin was a German soldier in the 329th “Hammer” Infantry Division. He was a man thrown into the hell of the Eastern Front and found himself at the mercy of the bombs that were going off everywhere around him. It was ...

Four days before Christmas in 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a 21-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. Suddenly a sleek, dark shape pulled up on the bomber’s tail - a German Messerschmitt fighter. Worse, the German pilot was an ace, a man able to destroy the American bomber with the squeeze of a trigger.

Established in 1918–19, in the wake of Germany’s catastrophic defeat in the First World War and the revolution that followed swiftly on its heels, the Weimar Republic ushered in widespread social reform, a radical cultural flowering and the most democratic conditions the German people had ever known. The Weimar Years is a vivid narrative of a dramatic period in German history. Year by year, from 1918 to 1933, Frank McDonough covers the major events in both domestic and foreign policy and the personalities who shaped them, together with developments in music, art, theatre and literature.

Operation Gold is one of the most extraordinary—and least believed—Cold War operations ever attempted: a secret tunnel dug beneath divided Berlin so Britain and America could listen directly to Soviet communications. It sounds like the plot of a spy thriller, yet it happened in real life, in a city where every street corner had eyes, every building had informants, and every shadow seemed to belong to someone else. This book takes you into that world, where engineering became espionage, and where the ground itself became a battleground.

Berlin 1945: The Collapse of the Third Reich is a powerful narrative history of the final act of Nazi Germany, chronicling the brutal months that led to the fall of Berlin and the end of the war in Europe. Beginning with the winter collapse of the German armies on the Eastern Front, the book follows the relentless advance of the Red Army and the desperate, often delusional decisions taken by the Nazi leadership as defeat became unavoidable. The story moves from the shattered front lines along the Oder to the ruined streets and bunkers of Berlin itself, where military resistance, civilian ...

I knew exactly how Empress Elisabeth’s story would end. I never imagined I would have to live it. Dr. Emilia Weber is a modern historian obsessed with the tragic life of Sisi, the legendary Empress of Austria. She knows every humiliation, every betrayal, every loss waiting for the young bride history turned into a myth. Then a cursed artifact rips her out of the present and throws her into the body of fifteen-year-old Elisabeth. Now Emilia is trapped in the glittering cruelty of the Habsburg court, where every smile hides a threat, every rule is a cage, and one wrong move could expose her...

Secrets of the Wolf Pack takes listeners deep beneath the surface to uncover the full story of Germany’s U-boat campaign: from its origins in the First World War, through its spectacular early triumphs, to its desperate innovations and ultimate defeat. Cyril Marlen offers an accessible yet detailed account of this hidden war, blending strategy, technology, and the gritty realities of life aboard an “iron coffin.”

In late 1945, the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. Missing for four months, he had simply vanished. Hugh Trevor-Roper, a British intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. With access to American counterintelligence files and German prisoners, his brilliant detective work proved finally that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin. It also produced one of the most fascinating history books ever written.