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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

A History of Nazi Germany

by William L. Shirer ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

57 hours 12 min

The inspiration for the gripping docuseries Hitler and the Nazis, now streaming on NetflixSince its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the twentieth century’s blackest hours.The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly ... Read more

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The inspiration for the gripping docuseries Hitler and the Nazis, now streaming on NetflixSince its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the twentieth century’s blackest hours.The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly
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The Crusades

The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

by Thomas Asbridge ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

25 hours 32 min

Narrated by Derek PerkinsFrom a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume military history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land.Nine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city ... Read more

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Narrated by Derek PerkinsFrom a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume military history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land.Nine hundred years ago, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city
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Hitler

A Global Biography

by Brendan Simms ...

Narrated by Leighton Pugh ...

Unabridged

29 hours 17 min

From a prize-winning historian, the definitive biography of Adolph Hitler.Hitler offers a deeply learned and radically revisionist biography, arguing that the dictator's main strategic enemy, from the start of his political career in the 1920s, was not communism or the Soviet Union, but capitalism and the United States. Whereas most historians have argued that Hitler underestimated the American ... Read more

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From a prize-winning historian, the definitive biography of Adolph Hitler.Hitler offers a deeply learned and radically revisionist biography, arguing that the dictator's main strategic enemy, from the start of his political career in the 1920s, was not communism or the Soviet Union, but capitalism and the United States. Whereas most historians have argued that Hitler underestimated the American
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Iron Kingdom

The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947

by Christopher Clark ...

Narrated by Shaun Grindell ...

Unabridged

28 hours 24 min

In the aftermath of World War II, Prussia—a centuries-old state pivotal to Europe's development—ceased to exist. In their eagerness to erase all traces of the Third Reich from the earth, the Allies believed that Prussia, the very embodiment of German militarism, had to be abolished. But as Christopher Clark reveals in this pioneering history, Prussia's legacy is far more complex.What we find is a ... Read more

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In the aftermath of World War II, Prussia—a centuries-old state pivotal to Europe's development—ceased to exist. In their eagerness to erase all traces of the Third Reich from the earth, the Allies believed that Prussia, the very embodiment of German militarism, had to be abolished. But as Christopher Clark reveals in this pioneering history, Prussia's legacy is far more complex.What we find is a
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They Shall Not See the Dawn

The Manhunt for the Third Reich's Most Wanted

by Charles Lachman ...

Narrated by Qarie Marshall ...

Unabridged

10 hours 13 min

MAY 1945. THE REICH IS IN RUINS. Hitler is dead. Yet for the United States Army's Counter Intelligence Corps, the real war has just begun.They Shall Not See the Dawn is the true historical thriller by bestselling historian Charles Lachman that follows a unit of American agents, drawn from every walk of life, hunting Hitler's dangerous henchmen still at large. It was a race against time to capture ... Read more

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MAY 1945. THE REICH IS IN RUINS. Hitler is dead. Yet for the United States Army's Counter Intelligence Corps, the real war has just begun.They Shall Not See the Dawn is the true historical thriller by bestselling historian Charles Lachman that follows a unit of American agents, drawn from every walk of life, hunting Hitler's dangerous henchmen still at large. It was a race against time to capture
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The Coming of the Third Reich

by Richard J. Evans ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

21 hours 11 min

There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world’s most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research ... Read more

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There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world’s most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research
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Blood Red Snow

The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front

by Günter K. Koschorrek ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

Gunter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing and it was when he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and ... Read more

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Gunter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing and it was when he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and
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The End

The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945

by Ian Kershaw ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

18 hours 32 min

From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II.Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital question of how and why it was able to hold out as long as it did. The Third Reich did not ... Read more

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From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II.Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital question of how and why it was able to hold out as long as it did. The Third Reich did not
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They Thought They Were Free

The Germans, 1933-45

by Milton Mayer ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

10 hours 22 min

First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of ten Germans and their lives from 1933–45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany. Mayer had a position as a research professor at the University of Frankfurt and lived in a nearby small Hessian ... Read more

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First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of ten Germans and their lives from 1933–45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany. Mayer had a position as a research professor at the University of Frankfurt and lived in a nearby small Hessian
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The Third Reich at War

by Richard J. Evans ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

35 hours 10 min

The final volume in Richard J. Evans’s masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the rise and fall of German military might, the mobilization of a “people’s community” to serve a war of conquest, and Hitler’s campaign of racial subjugation and genocideAlready hailed as “a masterpiece” (William Grimes in The New York Times) and “the most comprehensive history… of the Third Reich” (Ian ... Read more

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The final volume in Richard J. Evans’s masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the rise and fall of German military might, the mobilization of a “people’s community” to serve a war of conquest, and Hitler’s campaign of racial subjugation and genocideAlready hailed as “a masterpiece” (William Grimes in The New York Times) and “the most comprehensive history… of the Third Reich” (Ian
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Stalingrad

by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House ...

Narrated by Paul Woodson ...

Abridged

18 hours 39 min

Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy. ... Read more

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Tantor Audio presents the complete audio version of the long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad. Stalingrad is an abridged edition of the five-volume Stalingrad Trilogy.
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Hitler's American Model

The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law

by James Q. Whitman ...

Narrated by James Anderson Foster ...

Unabridged

5 hours 36 min

Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In Hitler's American Model, James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece anti-Jewish legislation of the Nazi regime. Contrary to ... Read more

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Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In Hitler's American Model, James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece anti-Jewish legislation of the Nazi regime. Contrary to
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The Fall of Berlin 1945

by Antony Beevor ...

Narrated by Sean Barrett ...

Unabridged

17 hours 25 min

"A tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal."-Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Third Reich in January 1945. Frenzied by their terrible experiences with Wehrmacht and SS brutality, they wreaked havoc-tanks crushing refugee columns, mass rape, pillage, and unimaginable destruction. ... Read more

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"A tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal."-Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Third Reich in January 1945. Frenzied by their terrible experiences with Wehrmacht and SS brutality, they wreaked havoc-tanks crushing refugee columns, mass rape, pillage, and unimaginable destruction.
... Read more
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The Wages of Destruction

The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

by Adam Tooze ...

Narrated by Adam Tooze, Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

30 hours 19 min

"Masterful . . . [A] painstakingly researched, astonishingly erudite study…Tooze has added his name to the roll call of top-class scholars of Nazism." —Financial TimesAn extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period to explore how ... Read more

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"Masterful . . . [A] painstakingly researched, astonishingly erudite study…Tooze has added his name to the roll call of top-class scholars of Nazism." —Financial TimesAn extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period to explore how
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When Titans Clashed

How the Red Army Stopped Hitler

by David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House ...

Narrated by James Romick ...

Unabridged

17 hours 49 min

Revised and updated to reflect recent Russian and Western scholarship on the subject, this new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective on one of the greatest military confrontations of all time.In 1941, when Pearl Harbor shattered America's peacetime pretensions, ... Read more

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Revised and updated to reflect recent Russian and Western scholarship on the subject, this new edition maintains the 1995 original's distinction as a crucial volume in the history of World War II and of the Soviet Union and the most informed and compelling perspective on one of the greatest military confrontations of all time.In 1941, when Pearl Harbor shattered America's peacetime pretensions,
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The Germans in Normandy

by Richard Hargreaves ...

Narrated by Chris MacDonnell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 49 min

An account of the D-Day invasion—from the German point of view.The Allied invasion of Northern France was the greatest combined operation in the history of warfare. Up until now, it has been recorded from the attackers' point of view—whereas the defenders' angle has been largely ignored.While the Germans knew an invasion was inevitable, no one knew where or when it would fall. Those manning Hitler ... Read more

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An account of the D-Day invasion—from the German point of view.The Allied invasion of Northern France was the greatest combined operation in the history of warfare. Up until now, it has been recorded from the attackers' point of view—whereas the defenders' angle has been largely ignored.While the Germans knew an invasion was inevitable, no one knew where or when it would fall. Those manning Hitler
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Eight Days in May

The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

by Volker Ullrich ...

Narrated by John McLain ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

The bestselling author of Hitler: Ascent and Hitler: Downfall reconstructs the chaotic, otherworldly last days of Nazi Germany.On April 30, 1945, in a bunker deep beneath the Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his newly wedded wife, Eva Braun, killed themselves. But Nazi Germany lived on, however briefly. The subsequent eight days were among the most turbulent in history, witnessing not only ... Read more

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The bestselling author of Hitler: Ascent and Hitler: Downfall reconstructs the chaotic, otherworldly last days of Nazi Germany.On April 30, 1945, in a bunker deep beneath the Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his newly wedded wife, Eva Braun, killed themselves. But Nazi Germany lived on, however briefly. The subsequent eight days were among the most turbulent in history, witnessing not only
... Read more
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On to Stalingrad

Operation Winter Thunderstorm and the attempt to relieve Sixth Army, December 1942

by Horst Scheibert ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

5 hours 52 min

In late November 1942, Soviet forces surrounded Paulus' Sixth Army in a pocket outside the Russian city of Stalingrad. In response the Germans planned a relief operation, Operation Winter Storm, intended to break through the Soviet forces and open the pocket, releasing the encircled units. The 6th Panzer Division was the spearhead of the German relief force.The attack started on December 12th, ... Read more

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In late November 1942, Soviet forces surrounded Paulus' Sixth Army in a pocket outside the Russian city of Stalingrad. In response the Germans planned a relief operation, Operation Winter Storm, intended to break through the Soviet forces and open the pocket, releasing the encircled units. The 6th Panzer Division was the spearhead of the German relief force.The attack started on December 12th,
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Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945

Red Steamroller

by Robert A. Forczyk ...

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

14 hours 42 min

The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its ... Read more

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The author of Case White offers an extensive history of German and Soviet armored warfare toward the end of World War II.By 1943, after the catastrophic German defeat at Stalingrad, the Wehmacht's panzer armies gradually lost the initiative on the Eastern Front. The tide of the war had turned. Their combined arms technique, which had swept Soviet forces before it during 1941 and 1942, had lost its
... Read more
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Panzer General

Heinz Guderian and the Blitzkrieg Victories of WWII

by Kenneth Macksey ...

Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

Unabridged

12 hours 30 min

Kenneth Macksey's highly regarded biography of Generaloberst Heinz Guderian gives clear insight into the mind and motives of the father of modern tank warfare. Panzer General shows Guderian as a man of ideas equipped with the ability to turn inspiration into reality. A master of strategy and tactics, he was the officer most responsible for creating blitzkrieg in World War II.BR>Guderian built the ... Read more

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Kenneth Macksey's highly regarded biography of Generaloberst Heinz Guderian gives clear insight into the mind and motives of the father of modern tank warfare. Panzer General shows Guderian as a man of ideas equipped with the ability to turn inspiration into reality. A master of strategy and tactics, he was the officer most responsible for creating blitzkrieg in World War II.BR>Guderian built the
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Weimar

Life on the Edge of Catastrophe

by Katja Hoyer ...

Narrated by Sam Peter Jackson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 58 min

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the author of the international bestseller Beyond the Wall**, a history of interwar Germany told through the town of Weimar, the cultural capital that was both the birthplace of the country’s first full democracy and a launchpad for the Nazis.**“Katja Hoyer is a humane and compassionate writer, and her gripping book is poignant reading in our present circumstances.” ... Read more

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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the author of the international bestseller Beyond the Wall**, a history of interwar Germany told through the town of Weimar, the cultural capital that was both the birthplace of the country’s first full democracy and a launchpad for the Nazis.**“Katja Hoyer is a humane and compassionate writer, and her gripping book is poignant reading in our present circumstances.”
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The Wehrmacht's Last Stand

The German Campaigns of 1944-1945

by Robert M. Citino ...

Narrated by Tom Beyer ...

Unabridged

25 hours 59 min

By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M. Citino, the world's leading scholar on the subject, posits a more straightforward solution: Bewegungskrieg, the way of war cultivated by the Germans over the course ... Read more

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By 1943, the war was lost, and most German officers knew it. What kept the German army going in an increasingly hopeless situation? Where some historians have found explanations in the power of Hitler or the role of ideology, Robert M. Citino, the world's leading scholar on the subject, posits a more straightforward solution: Bewegungskrieg, the way of war cultivated by the Germans over the course
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This is Berlin

Radio Broadcasts from Nazi Germany

by William Shirer ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

21 hours 41 min

Legendary CBS news journalist’s iconic radio broadcasts from Europe during WWIIThis collection of William L. Shirer’s radio broadcasts tells the vivid story of WWII and brings the suspense of the times to life for today’s audience.As the first journalist hired by CBS to cover the war in Europe, Shirer compiled two and a half years’ worth of wartime broadcasts including Hitler’s invasion of Austria ... Read more

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Legendary CBS news journalist’s iconic radio broadcasts from Europe during WWIIThis collection of William L. Shirer’s radio broadcasts tells the vivid story of WWII and brings the suspense of the times to life for today’s audience.As the first journalist hired by CBS to cover the war in Europe, Shirer compiled two and a half years’ worth of wartime broadcasts including Hitler’s invasion of Austria
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The Hitler Years

Disaster, 1940-1945

by Frank McDonough ...

Narrated by Paul McGann ...

Unabridged

22 hours 40 min

The second volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand, ending with his death and Germany's disastrous defeat.In The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940–1945, Frank McDonough completes his brilliant two-volume history of Germany under Hitler’s Third Reich.At the beginning of 1940, Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945, Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a ... Read more

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The second volume of a new chronicle of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand, ending with his death and Germany's disastrous defeat.In The Hitler Years: Disaster, 1940–1945, Frank McDonough completes his brilliant two-volume history of Germany under Hitler’s Third Reich.At the beginning of 1940, Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945, Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a
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