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A major new background of the 3rd Reich that explores the German psyche. As soon as 1941, Allied victory in World War II seemed all but assured. How and just why, then, did the Germans extend the barbaric conflict for three and a half more years? In The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on a fantastic range of principal source materials - personal diaries, court public records, and armed forces correspondence - to answer this question. He provides an unprecedented portrait of wartime Germany, delivering the expectations and anticipations of the German people - from infantrymen and fish tank commanders on the Eastern Front side to civilians on the house forward - to stunning life. While most historians identify the German defeat at Stalingrad as as soon as when the average German citizen flipped against the war effort, Stargardt demonstrates that the Wehrmacht in truth maintained the staunch support of the patriotic German populace until the bitter end. Astonishing in its breadth and humanity, The German War is a groundbreaking new interpretation of what drove the Germans to struggle - and keep fighting with each other - for a lost cause.
