The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

Author: William L. Shirer

It was Hitler’s boast that the Third Reich would last a thousand years. Instead it lasted only twelve. But into its short life was packed the most cataclysmic series of events that Western civilisation has ever known., , William Shirer is one of the very few historians to have gained full access to the secret German archives which the Allies captured intact. He was also presen….Read More

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