The Hitler Years
Disaster, 1940-1945

I am obsessed with Hitler – Trump parallels, so here a few. FYI: Seven factual errors found in the book at the end of this review Then As Now Then as now, complicated issues demand simplistic answers, for Hitler it was the Jews, for Trump it is the immigrants. Just as the great majority of Germans acce......more

McDonough crafts a truly brilliant narrative of Hitler and the Nazi’s ultimate downfall. It is excellently researched and doesn’t resort to overstating or hyperbole, McDonough seems to recognise the story being told is fascinating, poignant and terrifying enough in of itself. He manages to truly cap......more

Superb and unputdownable history of the Hitler years 1933-45. The story is told chronologically, mainly from the perspective of Germany and Hitler as Nazi power was consolidated and the war pursued. It was particularly useful to me in getting major events in order, forming a better understanding of......more

Volume 2: Disaster, 1940-1945 The huge canvas this book covers is vividly written and beautifully presented with a body of illustrations, a time machine told in a narrative free of academic jargon, one giving us just enough details into the experiences of Germans during this frightening period: The T......more