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Prevail until the bitter end : Germans in the waning years of World War II / Alexandra Lohse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lohse, Alexandra, author.
- Series:
- Battlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history.
- Cornell scholarship online.
- Battlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Public opinion.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Public opinion--Germany--History--20th century.
- Public opinion.
- National socialism--Public opinion.
- National socialism.
- Germans--Attitudes.
- Germans.
- Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- In 'Prevail until the Bitter End', Alexandra Lohse explores the gossip and innuendo, the dissonant reactions and perceptions of Germans to the violent dissolution of the Third Reich. Mobilized for total war, soldiers and citizens alike experienced an unprecedented convergence of military, economic, social, and political crises. But even in retreat, the militarized national community unleashed ferocious energies, staving off defeat for over two years and continuing a systematic murder campaign against European Jews and others. Was its faith in the Führer never shaken by the prospect of ultimate defeat? Lohse uncovers how Germans experienced life and death, investigates how mounting emergency conditions affected their understanding of the nature and purpose of the conflagration, and shows how these factors influenced the people's relationship with the Nazi regime.
- Contents:
- Introduction : The World at War
- Stalingrad : The Right to Believe in Victory
- Mobilizing the National Community : Do You Want Total War?
- Genocide and Mass Atrocities : A Page Never to Be Written
- Enemies Within and Without : A Sign of Providence
- Dissolution : History Is the Arbiter
- Conclusion : Understanding What National Socialism Is.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 2, 2022).
- Previously issued in print: 2021.
- ISBN:
- 9781501759406
- 150175940X
- OCLC:
- 1243012849
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