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The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945 is a non-fiction book written by historian Nicholas Stargardt.Centering upon the "thoughts and actions" of the citizens living inside Nazi Germany during the Second World War, the author argues that the war crimes committed by Adolf Hitler's totalitarian state had widespread awareness among regular people.
Nicholas Stargardt (born in 1962) is Professor of History at Oxford University, currently serving as Vice President of Magdalen College. Stargardt is the son of a German-Jewish father and Australian mother. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, and lived in Australia, Japan, England and Germany.
In The German War, historian Nicholas Stargardt writes that by mid-1942, hard-line Nazi ideologues such as Martin Bormann thought that Germans "should be made to realise that they were now locked in a genocidal global conflict, which could end only with their victory or destruction". In response to queries about how to explain the "extremely ...
The Second World War. New York City: Little, Brown and Company. ... Stargardt, Nicholas (2015). The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945: Citizens and Soldiers ...
Nazi Germany. This is a list of books about Nazi Germany, the state that existed in Germany during the period from 1933 to 1945, when its government was controlled by Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP; Nazi Party).
The Volkssturm (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksʃtʊʁm]; "people's storm") [1] [2] was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was set up by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler and established on 25 September 1944. [3]
Nicholas Stargardt: Witnesses of War: Children’s Lives under the Nazis: Jonathan Cape Shortlist [12] Tamar Yellin: Genizah at the House of Shepher: Toby Press Shortlist [12] Paul Kriwaczek: Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Shortlist [12] 2007 N/A Howard Jacobson: Kalooki Nights: Cape Winner ...
Even after the unconditional surrender of the German forces, many German youths continued to fight on behalf of the Nazi Party in Werwolf. The young members of Werwolf strongly believed that they were fighting for a just cause, and they felt disillusioned after the end of the war. [ 6 ]