Tony Le Tissier Bücher

2. Verdenskrig; USSR; Tyskland; Brückenköpfe; Küstrin;

Die Berichte dieses Buches bilden einen nicht unwichtigen Teil des eigentlichen Quellenmaterials zu vielen wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen über die letzte Phase des Zweiten Weltkrieges auf deutschem Boden. Sie lassen die Betroffenen selbst zu Wort kommen. Der britische Historiker Tony LeTissier läßt in diesem Buch deutsche Soldaten über die letzten Monate, Wochen oder Tage des Krieges als Augenzeugen erzählen. Es sind erschütternde Berichte, die Zeugnis ablegen von der ungeheuren Brutalität dieser Kämpfe. Minderjährige Flakhelfer berichten ebenso wie alte Panzergrenadiere, wobei die Erlebnisberichte die gesamte Breite der Stimmungslage dokumentieren: Die erstaunliche Zähigkeit, mit der viele Einheiten den aussichtslosen Kampf bis zum Ende durchhielten, wird ebenso deutlich, wie die Verzweiflung und der Überlebenswille anderer. Dabei werden die Soldaten immer wieder Zeugen des oft grausamen Schicksals der Zivilbevölkerung, die ohne ihr eigenes Zutun in den Strudel der militärischen Ereignisse gerissen wird. Besonders interessant ist der Bericht eines Berliner Stabsoffiziers von den Kapitulationsverhandlungen mit den Sowjets, in dem die apokalyptische Stimmung unter den letzten Verteidigern dieser Stadt in berührender Weise erfahrbar wird.

Sixty years have elapsed since the cataclysmic demise of Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich. In this book Tony Le Tissier (author of Berlin Then and Now) traces the rise of Hitler, the Nazi Party and its ramifications, together with its deeds and accomplishments, during the twelve years that the Third Reich existed within today's boundaries of the Federal Republics of Germany and Austria. The homes - or sites of them - of the dramatis personnae; the Nazi legends of their martyrs; the sites of the former Third Reich shrines at the Obersalzberg; in Munich; Nuremberg; Bayreuth, and in Berlin; the Hitler Youth schools and the Party colleges; the 'euthanasia' killing centres; the concentration camps, and much much more. Tony then follows the progress of Hitler's from the attack on Poland on September 1, 1939 to defeat in Berlin and the final round-up at Flensburg in May 1945. A final chapter covers the de-Nazification of Germany, the whole volume being illustrated by 'then and now' comparison photographs which are the central theme of After the Battle.

Chronicling the history of Berlin, this book charts the Communist-Nazi struggle of the Weimar Republic; the Thousand Year Reich with its penchant for show and architectural grandeur which transformed the city; and its consequent battering by the Allies and the Soviets by air and land respectively. The city's position as the central point of the Cold War is examined, focusing on the partition, and eventual reunion, of East and West.

Putting the record straight about the last years of Rudolf Hess's life

As Hitler's dreams of a Thousand Year Reich crumbled in the face of overwhelming assaults from both East and West in the first months of 1945, the heavily outnumbered German armed forces were still capable of fighting with a tenacity and professionalism at odds with the desperate circumstances. While Hitler fantasized about deploying divisions and armies that had long since ceased to exist, boys of fifteen, officer cadets, sailors and veterans of the Great War joined the survivors of shattered formations on the front line. Leading historian Tony Le Tissier gives a German perspective to the mayhem and bloodshed of the last months of the Second World War in Europe. Teenaged Flak auxiliaries recount their experiences alongside veteran Panzer grenadiers attempting to break out of Soviet encirclement. Struggles between the military, industry and the Nazi Party for influence over the defenders of Berlin contrast with a key participant's account of Goebbel's abortive attempt to conclude a cease-fire with the Soviets. This is fascinating reading for anybody interested in the ordinary soldier's experience of the culminating battles in central Europe in 1945.

Graphic history of the French soldiers who fought for the SS.