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Hitler's plans for global domination : Nazi architecture and ultimate war aims /

What did Hitler really want to achieve: world domination. In the early twenties, Hitler was working on this plan and from 1933 on, was working to make it a reality. During 1940 and 1941, he believed he was close to winning the war. This book not only examines Nazi imperial architecture, armament and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thies, Jochen, 1944- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Cooke, Ian (Translator) (Traductor), Friedrich, MaryBeth (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Edición:English language edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Hitler's ultimate goals 1920-1933 : only new "Lebensraum" in the East? Hitler and his critics
  • Current research
  • Mein Kampf as the central source
  • Hitler as builder : construction plans, armaments and a vision of war
  • The beginnings of a power politician : "models" of imperial rule : the Jews and Britain
  • No turning back : the aftermath of September 14, 1930
  • Part II. Hitler as architect. Megalomania as policy
  • Hitler's views on architecture, history and art
  • Buildings and their functions
  • Hitler and his plans after 1933
  • Architecture and the Third Reich
  • Summary
  • Part III. Hitler and military issues : from Whale Bay to Lake Erie. Hitler's addresses to German officers
  • The navy's battleship building plans and visions of world power
  • The Me 261/264 : Hitler's long range bomber
  • Summary
  • Part IV. Hitler in 1940-1941 : when visions become reality. Axiomatic geopolitics : 1950 as the objective
  • The remaining powers after a victory over the USSR
  • Hitler's path to world supremacy : the military solution, the trade war, the "annexation" of the world
  • Ruling the new world
  • The British assessment of Hitler's ultimate goals
  • Summary
  • Final observations on Hitler's global strategy.