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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Page 180
... military : in September 1939 they smashed the Polish army , and also tested the new strategy and tactics of blitz warfare conceived by General Heinz Guderian . But they knew that this military mission was politically and ideologically ...
... military : in September 1939 they smashed the Polish army , and also tested the new strategy and tactics of blitz warfare conceived by General Heinz Guderian . But they knew that this military mission was politically and ideologically ...
Page 203
... military leaders actually urged an all - out attack on Russia for the fall of 1940. But before long the Reich's leading military men settled on striking in the spring of the following year . Despite residual qualms about defying England ...
... military leaders actually urged an all - out attack on Russia for the fall of 1940. But before long the Reich's leading military men settled on striking in the spring of the following year . Despite residual qualms about defying England ...
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... military matter , it was infused with the same venom as all the other ideological commands issued since March 1941 , thereby setting the stage for one of the greatest enormities of the Thirty Years War of this century , second only to ...
... military matter , it was infused with the same venom as all the other ideological commands issued since March 1941 , thereby setting the stage for one of the greatest enormities of the Thirty Years War of this century , second only to ...
Contents
THE GOLDEN AGE | 39 |
THE EAST EUROPEAN RIMLAND | 64 |
THE SYNCRETISM OF MEIN KAMPF | 90 |
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