Third Reich - Covert Warfare

Author: Time-Life Books Editorial Department
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Publishing Date: 2000-10-01
Features: "The Third Reich" series is a large-scale illustrated epic work edited by Time-Life Books, Inc. The entire series comprehensively documents the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi Germany from all angles. Each volume presents you with private records, unpublished photographs, eyewitness accounts, and newly declassified official archives. They are like a massive scroll gradually unfolding, transporting readers back to that dark era of storm and gloom. You feel like being amidst the noisy and frenzied Berlin, the Warsaw scattered with ruins, the burning Stalingrad, the sand-dusted North Africa, the chilling concentration camps, as well as the secret SS meetings, Hitler's office, his study, bedroom, and even insights into his thoughts and dynamics. Each book focuses on a central theme, and when combined, the entire series constitutes the most complete and detailed history of the "Third Reich" to date. As you peruse the pages of historical dust wiped away, the tumultuous decades of fifty years come alive, compelling you to reflect on history and human nature. World War II was the most cruel war in human history, where all parties resorted to extremes. In the process, it inspired a group of perhaps the most talented and courageous elites in history to dedicate themselves to espionage. From the breaking of the Enigma code used by German U-boats to the intelligence Rommel desperately awaited by the ship in the Nile River, Egypt, to the Red Orchestra operating within the Nazi regime. The thrill of the spy war was no less intense than the brutal fight on the front lines. The spy masters wrote chapters far more exciting and imaginative than novels with their wit and courage. As the outcome of the war became increasingly clear, the Nazis had to rely even more on high-stakes small teams, among which the operation to rescue Mussolini with a daring mission was so brilliant that even Eisenhower praised it as the superb performance of a special forces unit.