The End of the Third Reich: Defeat, Denazification and Nuremberg January 1944-November 1946

Thacker, Toby

ISBN 10: 0752439391 / ISBN 13: 9780752439396

Published by NPI Media Group, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The End of the Third Reich: Defeat, Denazification and Nuremberg January 1944-November 1946
• Publisher: NPI Media Group
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752439391
• ISBN 13: 9780752439396
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In January 1943, President Roosevelt, with Churchill alongside him, proclaimed that the Allies would fight until Germany surrendered unconditionally. He explained that this did not mean the end of the German people but did mean the total destruction of Nazism. Despite the overwhelming superiority of the Allied armed forces, Hitler's 'Third Reich' fought on for more than two years, its towns and villages defended in the end partly by old men and young boys of the Volkssturm. With defeat imminent, efforts were even made to prolong resistance to the Allies by forming so-called Werwolf units to conduct guerilla warfare. This book charts the military defeat of Germany in 1944 and 1945, and goes on to explore how the Allies tried after the German surrender to destroy Nazism and all it stood for.It highlights the appalling conditions in Germany after the war, and details how the Allies abolished the Nazi Party and sought to punish its leaders at Nuremberg. It also examines the wider proc

About the Author

Toby Thacker was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He is a history lecturer at the University of Wales, Swansea. He lives in Gloucester.