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Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

Officially known as the German Reich, Nazi Germany was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when it was headed by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party, who governed by way of a totalitarian dictatorship ...
They were the Third Reich's most effective and innovative commandos, pioneering tactics used by special forces to this day. But by 1944, their unique skills were squandered in conventional battles, ...
Born in 1945 and raised by a father who piloted a B24 heavy bomber on 45 combat missions during World War II, I grew up around many other members of the Greatest Generation and realized that fact long ...
When 30-year-old American journalist William L. Shirer arrived in Germany in 1934, he was puzzled by why the vast majority of everyday Germans had accommodated themselves to living in a totalitarian ...