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Post by rommel323 on Jun 9, 2021 7:39:31 GMT
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and All of the Third Reich by William. L. Shrier is a history...or rather an biography of Hitler. This books follows the life of Hitler and also the Second World War. This book is a really good book for a beginner looking to know more on WW2. From Hitler's birthplace, history of their ancestors to his suicide, from the Phoney war to the siege of Berlin, know everything about WW2 and Hitler.
The cons of this books are there is no comprehensive description of the war in the Pacific and in China. But the main drawback is it's length. Though it's 1750 pages, probably 300 are index. But still, that accounts to 1450 pages. Perfect isn't it!? Yes! But for a hardcore History lover like our Global Moderator Gerd von Rundstedt
Link here : drive.google.com/file/d/1QxJ7xpR6ywKriu5lY1lnQLqc3t7rC1VI/view?usp=sharing
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Post by Adozf Hitzer on Jun 9, 2021 9:34:08 GMT
Hitler was one of the worst leaders a country can have.
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Jun 9, 2021 13:03:09 GMT
Hitler was one of the worst leaders a country can have. Let's look at this claim (apart from morality). He fixed the hyperinflation issue, he expanded the borders, he had military success after military success, he rooted out the people's (and his) "undesirables."
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Post by Adozf Hitzer on Jun 9, 2021 13:38:12 GMT
Hitler was one of the worst leaders a country can have. Let's look at this claim (apart from morality). He fixed the hyperinflation issue, he expanded the borders, he had military success after military success, he rooted out the people's (and his) "undesirables." It was not Hitler who fixed hyperinflation,also under his economic policies German economy was doomed even if there was peace. He expanded borders which made 4 great powers mortal enemies of his regime. It's credit will more go to German generals.
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Post by rommel323 on Jun 9, 2021 15:15:10 GMT
Let's look at this claim (apart from morality). He fixed the hyperinflation issue, he expanded the borders, he had military success after military success, he rooted out the people's (and his) "undesirables." It was not Hitler who fixed hyperinflation,also under his economic policies German economy was doomed even if there was peace. He expanded borders which made 4 great powers mortal enemies of his regime. It's credit will more go to German generals. He took the daring steps no leader even imagined
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Post by Adozf Hitzer on Jun 10, 2021 2:01:55 GMT
It was not Hitler who fixed hyperinflation,also under his economic policies German economy was doomed even if there was peace. He expanded borders which made 4 great powers mortal enemies of his regime. It's credit will more go to German generals. He took the daring steps no leader even imagined Which daring step?
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Post by rommel323 on Jun 10, 2021 2:36:04 GMT
He took the daring steps no leader even imagined Which daring step? Conquering demilitarized Rhine, expanding navy and army, creating Airforce, making claims for Austria. Boldly asking for Sudetenland, conquering Czechoslovakia without much fuss. Sure, there was some incompetence from the Allied leaders, but none of the Weimar leaders sensed that. Probably cooling down for a while, preparing for war simultaneously and then asking for Danzig would have been better.
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Post by Adozf Hitzer on Jun 10, 2021 2:39:49 GMT
Conquering demilitarized Rhine, expanding navy and army, creating Airforce, making claims for Austria. Boldly asking for Sudetenland, conquering Czechoslovakia without much fuss. Sure, there was some incompetence from the Allied leaders, but none of the Weimar leaders sensed that. Probably cooling down for a while, preparing for war simultaneously and then asking for Danzig would have been better. Remilitarisation was in process since Weimer era with help from Soviet Union. He was able to annex Austria totally because of appeasement.
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Post by rommel323 on Jun 10, 2021 2:41:56 GMT
Conquering demilitarized Rhine, expanding navy and army, creating Airforce, making claims for Austria. Boldly asking for Sudetenland, conquering Czechoslovakia without much fuss. Sure, there was some incompetence from the Allied leaders, but none of the Weimar leaders sensed that. Probably cooling down for a while, preparing for war simultaneously and then asking for Danzig would have been better. Remilitarisation was in process since Weimer era with help from Soviet Union. He was able to annex Austria totally because of appeasement. Then why didn't the Germans do that before? Britain and France appeased Hitler because they saw their own benefit in them.
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Post by Adozf Hitzer on Jun 10, 2021 2:44:52 GMT
Remilitarisation was in process since Weimer era with help from Soviet Union. He was able to annex Austria totally because of appeasement. Then why didn't the Germans do that before? Britain and France appeased Hitler because they saw their own benefit in them. Because they were not idiots, they were more focused on economy in which they were succeeding. Britain and France did appeasement because they did not want another war.
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Post by rommel323 on Jun 10, 2021 2:53:55 GMT
Then why didn't the Germans do that before? Britain and France appeased Hitler because they saw their own benefit in them. Because they were not idiots, they were more focused on economy in which they were succeeding. Britain and France did appeasement because they did not want another war. *Looks at Hyperinflation* Yeah...I'd say no.
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Post by Adozf Hitzer on Jun 10, 2021 2:55:52 GMT
Because they were not idiots, they were more focused on economy in which they were succeeding. Britain and France did appeasement because they did not want another war. *Looks at Hyperinflation* Yeah...I'd say no. Hyperinflation was only before 1923, even for that situation, all the rebellions of communists, Bavarian separatists, Monarchists, Nazis, et cetera were responsible.
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Post by rommel323 on Jun 10, 2021 3:02:13 GMT
*Looks at Hyperinflation* Yeah...I'd say no. Hyperinflation was only before 1923, even for that situation, all the rebellions of communists, Bavarian separatists, Monarchists, Nazis, et cetera were responsible. Even after 1923, the economy didn't expand much. Also, how come the rebellions are responsible for the economic downfall?
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Post by Adozf Hitzer on Jun 10, 2021 3:05:31 GMT
Hyperinflation was only before 1923, even for that situation, all the rebellions of communists, Bavarian separatists, Monarchists, Nazis, et cetera were responsible. Even after 1923, the economy didn't expand much. Also, how come the rebellions are responsible for the economic downfall? It did expand, it was one of the fastest growing economies of World and people were happy. Despite the end of war, the new Republic had to spend very huge of amount resources in quelling those rebellions, those resources which could have been used elsewhere more productively. Communists organised huge strikes which are not good for economy either, despite the fact that Germany has most Liberal Labour laws in the whole world.
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Post by rommel323 on Jun 10, 2021 3:08:01 GMT
Even after 1923, the economy didn't expand much. Also, how come the rebellions are responsible for the economic downfall? It did expand, it was one of the fastest growing economies of World and people were happy. Despite the end of war, the new Republic had to spend very huge of amount resources in quelling those rebellions, those resources which could have been used elsewhere more productively. Communists organised huge strikes which are not good for economy either, despite the fact that Germany has most Liberal Labour laws in the whole world. Nice. Agreed on that point.
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