In the final months of World War II, Germany no longer fought for victory but out of fear, survival, and the belief that ...

As the Eastern Front collapsed in 1945, German soldiers continued fighting with relentless determination even though defeat ...

Introduction -- Politics 1940-1941. Europe in July 1940 ; Hitler's ideology and strategy ; The monstrous scheme : a Greater Germanic empire ; Stalin's ideology and strategy -- The eve of war. The ...

New York: Penguin Press HC, 2011. Pp. xxvi, 564. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $35.00. ISBN: 1594203148. In this book, Kershaw asks how the regime kept Germany fighting long after it was ...

Eighty years on, few people are alive who remember World War II. Anne Frank would have turned 96 this June; Senator Bob Dole, a veteran of the Italian campaign in 1945, died four years ago. But the ...

World War II officially began on September 1, 1939, with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. The war would continue to rage in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania for six years, coming to an end in 1945.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This "Historically Speaking" column contains the opinions of columnist D. Ray Smith based upon the research and information contained in the book, "Critical Mass: How Nazi Germany ...