برلین در جنگ: زندگی و مرگ در پایتخت هیتلر، 1939-45

Berlin was the city at the very center of World War Two. It was the launching pad for Hitler’s empire, the embodiment of his vision of a “world metropolis.” Berlin was also the place where Hitler’s Reich would ultimately fall. Berlin suffered more air raids than any other German city and endured the full force of a Soviet siege.In __Berlin at War__, historian Roger Moorhouse uses diaries, memoirs, and interviews to provide a searing first-hand account of life and death in the Nazi capital—the privations, the hopes and fears, and the nonconformist tradition that saw some Berliners provide underground succour to the city’s remaining Jews. Combining comprehensive research with gripping narrative, __Berlin at War__ is the incredible story of the city—and people—that saw the whole of World War Two. The thrilling and definitive history of World War I in the Middle East By 1914 the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and they pulled the Middle East along with them into one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region's crucial role in the conflict. Unlike the static killing fields of the Western Front, the war in the Middle East was fast-moving and unpredictable, with the Turks inflicting decisive defeats on the Entente in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, and Gaza before the tide of battle turned in the Allies'favor. The postwar settlement led to the partition of Ottoman lands, laying the groundwork for the ongoing conflicts that continue to plague the modern Arab world. A sweeping narrative of battles and political intrigue from Gallipoli to Arabia, The Fall of the Ottomans is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the Great War and the making of the modern Middle East.

Berlin was the city at the very center of World War Two. It was the launching pad for Hitler’s empire, the embodiment of his vision of a “world metropolis.” Berlin was also the place where Hitler’s Reich would ultimately fall. Berlin suffered more air raids than any other German city and endured the full force of a Soviet siege.

In Berlin at War, historian Roger Moorhouse uses diaries, memoirs, and interviews to provide a searing first-hand account of life and death in the Nazi capital—the privations, the hopes and fears, and the nonconformist tradition that saw some Berliners provide underground succour to the city’s remaining Jews. Combining comprehensive research with gripping narrative, Berlin at War is the incredible story of the city—and people—that saw the whole of World War Two.

Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgements 12 Introduction 14 Prologue: ‘Führerweather’ 18 1 Faith in the Führer 30 2 A Deadly Necessity 51 3 A Guarded Optimism 67 4 Marching on their Stomachs 91 5 Brutality Made Stone 117 6 Unwelcome Strangers 142 7 A Taste of Things to Come 161 8 Into Oblivion 185 9 An Evil Cradling 209 10 The People’s Friend 228 11 The Watchers and the Watched 245 12 The Persistent Shadow 272 13 Enemies of the State 292 14 Against All Odds 318 15 Reaping the Whirlwind 340 16 To Unreason and Beyond 369 17 Ghost Town 390 Epilogue: Hope 415 Notes 422 Select Bibliography 451 Index 456 Berlin was the nerve-centre of Hitler's Germany. It was the backdrop for the most lavish of Nazi ceremonies, the venue for Albert Speer's grandiose plans to forge a new 'world metropolis', and the scene of the final climactic battle to defeat Nazism. Berlin was the stage upon which the rise and fall of the Third Reich was most visibly played out. Drawing on diaries, memoirs, and interviews, the author provides a first-hand account of life and death on the home front in the Nazi capital of Berlin, including some Berliners' efforts to help the city's remaining Jews. Berlin was at the very center of the Second World War. Moorhouse uses diaries, memoirs, and interviews to provide a searing first-hand account of life, death, and chaos in the Nazi capital.