Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?: The "final Solution" in HistoryThis highly acclaimed book presents a radically new view of the origins of the Holocaust. Mayer argues that the slaughter of the Jews was not part of Hitler's plan from the start, but came about only when the Nazis' massive campaign aagainst Russia foundered. Illustrated. |
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... July 2 , 1940 , less than two weeks after the French surrender and while increasing the pressure on England , General von Brauchitsch , chief of the Army High Command , ordered General Franz Halder , chief of the Army General Staff , to ...
... July 2 , 1940 , less than two weeks after the French surrender and while increasing the pressure on England , General von Brauchitsch , chief of the Army High Command , ordered General Franz Halder , chief of the Army General Staff , to ...
Page 239
... July 4 , Hitler exulted that the Soviets had " virtually lost " the war , convinced that they could not make good their losses of planes and tanks . To be sure , he still needed to make a vital and urgent decision : whether to let the ...
... July 4 , Hitler exulted that the Soviets had " virtually lost " the war , convinced that they could not make good their losses of planes and tanks . To be sure , he still needed to make a vital and urgent decision : whether to let the ...
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... July 3 , 1944. The battle of Minsk was hard - fought . Sworn to scorched - earth tactics , the Germans left the city in almost complete ruins , at a cost of 40,000 dead and wounded of their own . Moreover , east of Minsk the Red Army ...
... July 3 , 1944. The battle of Minsk was hard - fought . Sworn to scorched - earth tactics , the Germans left the city in almost complete ruins , at a cost of 40,000 dead and wounded of their own . Moreover , east of Minsk the Red Army ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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