War Comes to Aachen: The Nazis, Churchill and the 'Stalingrad of the West' by Ph

Description: War Comes to Aachen by Philip W. Blood Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A micro-history of Charlemagnes city in the First and Second World Wars, its inhabitants embrace of Nazism, and Churchills response. Publisher Description This book narrates the tumultuous era of total war through the fate of Aachen Imperial Germanys seat of power for 600 years, site of Charlemagnes coronation as Holy Roman Emperor, and a place with greater geopolitical significance for Adolf Hitler in 1944 than Stalingrad in 1943.This was a stark contrast with the events of the Great War: in 1918, the Imperial German Army had abandoned Aachen in a rout-like flight. In the Nazi period, however, Aachen became a major symbol of Germanys defiance against the Allies. For Hitler his mind warped after surviving the Stauffenberg bomb plot Germanys westernmost city became pivotal in his last-ditch defence of the thousand-year Reich.War Comes to Aachen weaves together the citys story from 1900, tracing its entrenched Catholic orthodoxy, its growth as an industrial urban centre, the demise of democracy, the rise of Nazism, the two world wars, and the Holocaust. The book surveys Churchills wartime leadership and the destruction of pre-war Aachen through the lenses of military history and the anthropology of aerial bombing. Philip W. Bloods absorbing history concludes with Allied efforts to reshape German society after 1945, and with the use of remembrance as a means of socio-political control. Author Biography Philip W. Blood is a British military historian who lives in Aachen. His books include Birds of Prey: Hitlers Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland. Details ISBN 1911723693 ISBN-13 9781911723691 Title War Comes to Aachen Author Philip W. Blood Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 400 Publisher C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd GE_Item_ID:161560006; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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