Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich

by Chris Bishop, David Jordan

A compact history of the Third Reich, from the Nazis rise to power in 1930s Germany through the invasion and occupation of Europe to the final fall of Berlin to the Soviet Red Army in April 1945. Includes 100 detailed, full-color maps of every major campaign of World War II. More than 140 action photographs show key personalities, battles, events and actions.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, World War II, War

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Bonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I ordered this book from thriftbooks.com, an excellent source to check for used books, incidentally, since they don't charge shipping. Unfortunately, the details on this book, at least as read by me, weren't quite accurate. I ordered it thinking I was ordering the classic by William Shirer of the same name, minus the illustrated history part. I was disappointed that it wasn't what I thought it would be but figured the pictures at least would be interesting, which they were.

Besides the pictures, which really added a lot, the book itself is quite interesting and certainly not even half as long as Shirer's book, which I've since bought and not read yet. This book is primarily a military history of World War II as it pertains to the fight against Nazi Germany. There are many diagrams of the different battles, retreats, advances, etc. which I have to admit I had a hard time following. Part of the problem (aside from my own inability to quite get such diagrams) is that they're not always on the same page as the description of the action. The pictures of people really bring home the tragedy of the conflict. The picture on the cover is of German prisoners captured at Stalingrad. Out of the 250,000+ German soldiers fighting or surrendered at Stalingrad (that was a little unclear) only 5000 ever made it home, many of them not until the 1950s. The pictures somehow make it a more human statistic. This book mercifully doesn't concern itself with the Holocaust with all the horrendous pictures probably most of us have seen of that horrific tragedy.

[Laltu Minhaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think that this is one of the best book which covers the entire World War II including key battles, operations and strategy. It also features how the Nazis in Europe was defeated. Great book indeed. I would like to thank author for photographs.