Frank McDonough

British historian specializing in Nazi Germany and the Third Reich, author of The Gestapo and The Hitler Years, and longtime professor at Liverpool John Moores University.

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  1. 1. The Hitler Years

    Triumph, 1933-1939

    A concise, two-volume history that traces the trajectory of Nazi rule from the seizure of power in 1933 through war and collapse in 1945, showing how propaganda, repression, and aggressive foreign policy produced early successes that ended in disaster. Drawing on extensive archival sources, it reconstructs decision-making at the top, internal rivalries, and key crises while revealing their impact on ordinary Germans and persecuted groups, especially Jews. The narrative explains the road to war, the machinery of dictatorship and genocide, and the strategic misjudgments that ensured ultimate defeat.

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