The Third Reich Day By Day [Paperback]

Christopher Ailsby (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 23, 2005

This chronology examines the Nazi regime's tenure from the Night of Long Knives in 1934 through the fall of Berlin in May 1945. Each month is covered in a compelling narrative style that reveals the growth of anti-Semitism and other grim realities of everyday life under Hitler. Illustrated with maps and archival photographs, the book also relates the stories behind military action like the invasion of Poland, Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk and D-Day, as well as touchstone events like the 1942 Wannsee Conference and the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

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About the Author

Christopher Ailsby is a freelance writer and collector of military memorabilia. His areas of expertise are the Third Reich, the German Army in World War II and the Waffen-SS.  He has written a number of books on these subjects, including SS: Roll of Infamy, SS: Hell on the Eastern Front and Waffen-SS: The Unpublished Photographs. He currently lives in the east of England.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Zenith Press (June 23, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760322058
• ISBN-13: 978-0760322055
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,131,543 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Month By Month, October 5, 2009

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Casey J. Cherwin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Third Reich Day By Day (Paperback)

Disregard the review next to mine, if you look at the length/size of this book you'll realize it's not for some scholarly person with a BA in history. Book is very informative and provides lots of pictures and captions. The pictures used I noticed are not pictures you'll generally see in other WWII books so that was a nice addition. The title is a little deceptive because it doesn't go day by day but more like month by month. The book spans a very long era starting at the very birth of the Nazi regime but seems like the author might spend a lot of time focusing on the beginning of the Nazi's and really rushed the ending of the book just briefly touching base on the last years of the war. Good supplementary read for someone but certainly not going to make you a WWII scholar.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Failry Pedestrain, June 29, 2009

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This review is from: The Third Reich Day by Day (Hardcover)

I was hoping this book would provide a detailed chronology of the anti-Semitic legislation of Hitler's Germany. Wrong! This is just a pop history overview that is not much good for the scholar, who knows everything it contains anyway, or for the more casual reader, who will be left frustrated by the lack of real explanation of events. Move on to something better, or if that is not available, keep looking.