1941: The Year Germany Lost the War - Andrew Nagorski
Category: History
Tags: History, Misc. Non-fiction
Bestselling historian Andrew Nagorski takes a fresh look at the decisive year 1941, when Hitlers miscalculations and policy of terror propelled Churchill, FDR, and Stalin into a powerful new alliance that defeated Nazi Germany., In early 1941, Hitlers armies ruled most of Europe. Churchills Britain was an isolated holdout against the Nazi tide, but German bombers were attacking its cities and German U-boats were attacking its ships. Stalin was observing the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and Roosevelt was vowing to keep the United States out of the war. Hitler was confident that his aim of total victory was within reach., By the end of 1941, all that changed. Hitler had repeatedly gambled on escalation and lost: by invading the Soviet Union and committing a series of disastrous military blunders; by making mass murder and terror his weapons of choice, and by rushing to declare war on the United States after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor. Britain emerged with two powerful new alliesRuss
