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"The Schutzstaffel (German pronunciation: [tstafl], translated to Protection Squadron or defence corps, abbreviated SS? ...) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP). It began at the end of 1920 as a small, permanent guard unit known as the "Saal-Schutz" (Hall-Protection) made up of NSDAP volunteers to provide security for Nazi Party meetings in Munich. Later in 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit which...

This volume deals with the fourth part of the year 1942, covering events on all the German fronts.

This is a day-by-day chronicle, based on eye-witness accounts, of the twenty-one days prior to the fall of Berlin in 1945.

This volume concentrates on the first part of the year 1941, dealing with such events as the shelling of Dover, Rommel's desert army, Adolf Hitler's visits to southern Styria and much more.

Imagines the story of two Czechoslovakian partisans responsible for assassinating the "Butcher of Prague" Reinhard Heydrich, traces their escape from the Nazis and recruitment by the British secret service.

History of Nazi Germany. When the Third Reich fell, it fell swiftly. The Nazis had little time to destroy their memos, their letters, or their diaries. William L. Shirer's sweeping account of the Third Reich uses these unique sources, combined with his experience living in Germany as an international correspondent throughout the war. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich earned Shirer a National Book Award and continues to be recognized as one of...