{"product_id":"the-end-the-defiance-and-destruction-of-hitlers-germany-1944-1945-9780143122135","title":"The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eTo Hell and Back\u003c\/i\u003e, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCountless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost the Second World War, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital questions of how and why the Third Reich did not surrender until Germany had been left in ruins and almost completely occupied. Drawing on prodigious new research, Ian Kershaw, an award-winning historian and the author of \u003ci\u003eFateful Choices\u003c\/i\u003e, explores these fascinating questions in a gripping and focused narrative that begins with the failed bomb plot in July 1944 and ends with the death of Adolf Hitler and the German capitulation in 1945. \u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e paints a harrowing yet enthralling portrait of the Third Reich in its last desperate gasps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143122135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.55w x 1.35d","brand":"Ian Kershaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43150240776373,"sku":"9780143122135","price":26.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_654bf81c-39de-4cf3-a9fc-00e92b2a19c4.jpg?v=1696344423","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-end-the-defiance-and-destruction-of-hitlers-germany-1944-1945-9780143122135","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}