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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

Follow Hitler from the Munich putsch to the Berlin bunker: the Nazi seizure of power, the road to war, the Holocaust, and one correspondent's eyewitness view of Germany.

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24 parts, about 48 minutes to read.

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Author
William L. Shirer
Parts
24 parts
Reading time
about 48 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Captured Archives and a New Chancellor2 min
  2. Versailles, Inflation and the Putsch2 min
  3. Rebuilding the Party3 min
  4. Dictatorship by Law2 min
  5. Daily Life Under Hitler2 min
  6. The Road to War2 min
  7. The Seizure of Austria2 min
  8. Hitler Turns on Czechoslovakia2 min
  9. From Munich to Prague2 min
  10. Danzig, Poland and Case White2 min
  11. The Pact With Stalin2 min
  12. The Attack Halted, Then Launched1 min
  13. The Last Day of Peace2 min
  14. Poland Crushed and Divided3 min
  15. Denmark and Norway Taken1 min
  16. Breakthrough to the Channel2 min
  17. Sea Lion and the Battle of Britain2 min
  18. Hitler Turns Against Russia2 min
  19. Stopped Before Moscow2 min
  20. Alamein and Stalingrad2 min
  21. Hitler's New Order in Europe2 min
  22. The Fall of Mussolini1 min
  23. The Plots Against Hitler3 min
  24. The Last Gamble and the Fall2 min

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