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The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-45

by Nicholas Stargardt

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"Drawing on a wealth of first-hand testimony, the German War is the first foray for many decades into how the German people experienced the Second World War. Told from the perspective of those who lived through it-- soldiers, school-teachers and housewives; Nazis, Christians and Jews-- its masterful historical narrative sheds fresh and disturbing light on the beliefs, hopes, and fears of people who embarked on, continued, and fought to the end, a brutal war of conquest and genocide"--… (more)
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This has to be one of the most psychologically moving & disturbing books I have ever read. The sheer enormity of the atrocities and the duration of the war make this an intense read. The audiobook was excellent.
These people accepted deceptive propaganda until it changed their minds and their society. From the decimation of Poland onward most of the Germans in the book thought they were fighting in a defensive nationalistic War against Jewry.
The details of the wars shows a level of barbarism that is beyond my comprehension. ( )
  drmom62 | Apr 21, 2023 |
This has to be one of the most psychologically moving & disturbing books I have ever read. The sheer enormity of the atrocities and the duration of the war make this an intense read. The audiobook was excellent.
These people accepted deceptive propaganda until it changed their minds and their society. From the decimation of Poland onward most of the Germans in the book thought they were fighting in a defensive nationalistic War against Jewry.
The details of the wars shows a level of barbarism that is beyond my comprehension. ( )
  drmom62 | Apr 21, 2023 |
Superb, a must read for anyone with an interest in WWII, German history, propaganda, population dynamics or, to be honest, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ( )
  expatscot | Jun 6, 2022 |
Big book. Good book. Takes you thru the war inside Germany and in the West and in the East. The powerful addition to the narrative is the inclusion of letters and diary entries of soldiers and their friends and families. Also, the Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS (the SD) continuously collected gossip, rumors, jokes, talk on the street. Those reports are included, too. It is all fascinating and powerful. Especially the people that are followed thruout the book - some change and come to see the lies and horribleness. Some continue with their blind hopefulness and faith in their Leader.

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  tmph | Sep 13, 2020 |
Most illuminating, although it took me a long time to read. ( )
  Roarer | Nov 19, 2019 |
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Stargardt, NicholasAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dauzat, Pierre-EmmanuelTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Saint-Loup, Aude deTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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(Preface) This book completes a period of just over twenty years in which I have tried to understand the experience of those who lived in Germany and under German occupation during the Second World War.
(Introduction) The Second World War was a German war like no other.
'Don't wait for me. There is no more leave,' the young soldier scribbled in haste to his girlfriend.
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"Drawing on a wealth of first-hand testimony, the German War is the first foray for many decades into how the German people experienced the Second World War. Told from the perspective of those who lived through it-- soldiers, school-teachers and housewives; Nazis, Christians and Jews-- its masterful historical narrative sheds fresh and disturbing light on the beliefs, hopes, and fears of people who embarked on, continued, and fought to the end, a brutal war of conquest and genocide"--

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