{"product_id":"hitler-v2-downfall","title":"Hitler: Volume II: Downfall 1939-45 (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Meticulous... Probably the most disturbing portrait of\nHitler I have ever read' Dominic Sandbrook, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBy the summer of 1939 Hitler was at the zenith of his power. Yet despite\ninitial triumphs in the early stages of war, the Führer's fortunes would turn\ndramatically as the conflict raged on. Realising that victory was lost, and\nwith Soviet troops closing in on his Berlin bunker, Hitler committed suicide in\nApril 1945; one week later, Nazi Germany surrendered. His murderous ambitions\nhad not only annihilated his own country, but had cost the lives of millions\nacross Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the final volume of this landmark biography, Volker Ullrich argues that the\nvery qualities - and the defects - that accounted for Hitler's popularity and\nrise to power were what brought about his ruin. A keen strategist and\nmeticulous military commander, he was also a deeply insecure gambler who could\nbe shaken by the smallest setback, and was quick to blame subordinates for his\nown disastrous mistakes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDrawing on a wealth of new sources and scholarship, this is the definitive\nportrait of the man who dragged the world into chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolker Ullrich\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian and journalist\nwhose previous books include biographies of Bismarck and Napoleon, as well as a\nmajor study of Imperial Germany, \u003ci\u003eThe Nervous Superpower 1871―1918.\u003c\/i\u003e From\n1990 to 2009, Ullrich was the editor of the ‘Political Book’ review section of\nthe influential weekly newspaper, \u003ci\u003eDie Zeit\u003c\/i\u003e. On publication in\nGermany in 2013, \u003ci\u003eHitler: Ascent 1889―1939 \u003c\/i\u003ebecame a top ten\nbestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44241738760399,"sku":"9780099590248","price":47.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_e712ab15-6045-47ac-92c2-d0117dac5aa1.jpg?v=1772789919","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/hitler-v2-downfall","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}