Description
| Product ID: | 9781399050432 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Images of War |
| Title: | Hermann Goring: The Rise and Fall |
| Subtitle: | Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives |
| Authors: | Author: Ian Baxter |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Military history, Second World War, Military history, Second World War, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The career of this leading Nazi is admirably described here in words and copious images. A former Great War fighter pilot, Hermann Göring became, at his height, the second most powerful Nazi. Ambitious and ruthless, in addition to being a primary architect of the Third Reich state police and Gestapo, his numerous appointments included Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, Director of the Four Year Plan and playing a leading role in the Final Solution to the ‘Jewish Question’. By the outbreak of the war in 1939, he was acknowledged as Hitler’s successor and in 1940 was given the special rank of Marshal of the Empire and senior to all field marshals through the German armed services. Due to being held responsible for a number of military disasters, Göring’s pre-eminent position declined as the war dragged on to the point where he was expelled from the Party for ‘illegally attempting to seize control of the State’. Captured by the Allies, he was found guilty at Nuremberg of being a leading war aggressor and advocate of the persecution of Jews and other races. He cheated the hangman by committing suicide.The career of this leading Nazi is admirably described here in words and copious images. |
| Imprint Name: | Pen & Sword Military |
| Publisher Name: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-03-15 |
