The definitive history of the supernatural in Nazi Germany exploring the occult ideas esoteric sciences & pagan religions touted by the Third Reich in the service of power The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary yet today it is often dismissed as Himmler's personal obsession or wildly overstated for its novelty Preposterous though it was however supernatural thinking was inextricable from the Nazi project The regime enlisted astrology & the paranormal paganism Indo-Aryan mythology witchcraft miracle weapons & the lost kingdom of Atlantis in reimagining German politics & society & recasting German science & religion In this eye-opening history Eric Kurlander reveals how the Third Reich's relationship to the supernatural was far from straightforward Even as popular occultism & superstition were intermittently rooted out suppressed & outlawed the Nazis drew upon a wide variety of occult practices & esoteric sciences to gain power shape propaganda & policy & pursue their dreams of racial utopia & empire ...

During the Second World War the German Fallschirmjger (paratroopers) carried out many successful & daring operations such as the capture of the Belgian fortress at Eben Emael in 1940 & the invasion of Crete in 1941 Hitler's Sky Warriors is a detailed examination of all the battles & campaigns of the Third Reich's airborne forces illustrated throughout by many previously unpublished photographs Hitler's Sky Warriors

Includes:: detailed accounts of all the ground campaigns of the parachute divisions especially in Italy where their epic defence of Monte Cassino entered military legend As well as being a comprehensive account of Fallschirmjger battles & campaigns Hitler's Sky Warriors

Includes:: information on the specialist weapons & equipment developed for Germany's airborne forces These include the paratrooper helmet the FG 42 automatic rifle the so-called 'gravity knife' the different jump smocks parachutes & harnesses transport aircraft & gliders Hitler's Sky Warriors also contains biographical details on all the main parachute commanders such as Kurt Student Bernhard Herman Ramcke & Richard Heidrich &

Includes:: appendices that contain information about divisional orders of battle & Knight's Cross winners In this way Hitler's Sky Warriors builds into an extensive & exciting account of one of the elite formations of military history





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A penetrating study of the German army's military campaigns relations with the Nazi regime & complicity in Nazi crimes across occupied Europe For decades after 1945 it was generally believed that the German army professional & morally decent had largely stood apart from the SS Gestapo & other corps of the Nazi machine Ben Shepherd draws on a wealth of primary sources & recent scholarship to convey a much darker more complex picture For the first time the German army is examined throughout the Second World War across all combat theaters & occupied regions & from multiple perspectives its battle performance social composition relationship with the Nazi state & involvement in war crimes & military occupation This was a true people's army drawn from across German society & reflecting that society as it existed under the Nazis Without the army & its conquests abroad Shepherd explains the Nazi regime could not have perpetrated its crimes against Jews prisoners of war & civilians in occupied countries The author examines how the army was complicit in these crimes & why some soldiers units & higher commands were more complicit than others Shepherd also reveals the reasons for the army's early battlefield successes & its mounting defeats up to 1945 the latter due not only to Allied superiority & Hitler's mismanagement as commander-in-chief but also to the failings-moral political economic strategic & operational-of the army's own leadership ...

Daniel Goldhagen re-visits a question which history has treated as settled & his research leads him to the inescapble conclusion that none of the answers holds true That question is How could the Holocaust happen? His response is an exploration of German society & its ingrained anti-semitism that demands a fundamental revision of our thinking about the years 1933-1945 The author marshals fresh primary evidence
- including extensive testimony from the actual perpetrators
- to show that the killers were ordinary Germans who were not compelled to act as they did (they knew they could refuse without retribution) yet they killed willingly & zealously

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This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period's most distinguished historians The volume brings together the most important & influential aspects of Ian Kershaw's research on the Holocaust for the first time The writings are arranged in three sections-Hitler & the Final Solution popular opinion & the Jews in Nazi Germany & the Final Solution in historiography-and Kershaw provides an introduction & a closing section on the uniqueness of Nazism Kershaw was a founding historian of the social history of the Third Reich & he has throughout his career conducted pioneering research on the societal causes & consequences of Nazi policy His work has brought much to light concerning the ways in which the attitudes of the German populace shaped & did not shape Nazi policy This volume presents a comprehensive multifaceted picture both of the destructive dynamic of the Nazi leadership & of the attitudes & behavior of ordinary Germans as the persecution of the Jews spiraled into total genocide ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play History is always written by the victors this is the other side of the coin This is the ultimate overview of World War II as seen through the eyes of the losing side; the men who fought for Hitler The three DVDs draws extensively from footage of the German news crews on all fronts are DVD 1 THE CAMPAIGN IN POLAND 1939 This is the powerful film record of the lightening campaign against Poland as documented by the Kriegsberrichter Originally released to cinemas in 1940 as Der Felazug Am Polen this is the ultimate primary source from the German perspective DVD 2 THE FALL OF FRANCE This Documentary film records the military events of the Blitzkreig campaign from May to June 1940 which lead up to the surrender & the eventual fall of France in World War II DVD 3 THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN This is the definitive film record of the Battle Of Britain when Britain stood alone against the threat of the Third Reich This DVD features the fourth part of a series of films produced by the United States War Department during World War 11 The series explained the reasons for the US war effort up to that time This fourth part chronicles the Nazi air campaign against Britain & how the British responded to it The Film depicts the Luftwaffe blitz & the defensive struggle of the RAF ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Fast-paced action thriller based on the computer game of the same name A professional assassin known only as Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) hired by a group known only as & The Agency& is ensnared in a political conspiracy which finds him on the run from both Interpol & the Russian FSB (The successors to the KGB) The hunter becomes the hunted as he is chased across Eastern Europe while at the same time he tries to find out who set him up & why they&re trying to take him out Unexpectedly the greatest threat to 47&s survival may be the first stirrings of his conscience & the alien emotions awakened in him by Nika (Olga Kurylenko) a beautiful woman who gets herself wrapped up in the conspiracy & consequently 47&s life ...

Travel the globe & track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN From sun-drenched streets to dark & dangerous rainforests nowhere is safe from the world’s most deadly assassin Agent 47 Prepare to experience the ultimate spy thriller story
- your mission is to eliminate the elusive Shadow Client & unravel his militia but upon learning your target’s true identity & the truth about 47’s past nothing will ever be the same The World is Your Weapon Only in HITMAN can you use everything in your environment to help plan & execute the perfect assassination – use stealth sabotage & everything in-between to turn your creativity into a deadly weapon A World of Assassination HITMAN not only

Includes:: a brand new campaign but also new missions the high-stakes Elusive Targets & more free live content that gives you new ways to test your killer creativity The Best HITMAN experience to date HITMAN streamlines the assassination experience
- including all the previous game’s improvement HITMAN 2 adds enhanced player progression & several augmentations to the HUDUI to help make you an even deadlier assassin New Ways to Hit Introducing new modes & new ways to play HITMAN with your friends
- play co-op with a friend in Sniper Assassin or compete for the highest score in the 16-player synchronous Assassination Race




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Travel the globe & track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN From sun-drenched streets to dark & dangerous rainforests nowhere is safe from the world’s most deadly assassin Agent 47 Prepare to experience the ultimate spy thriller story
- your mission is to eliminate the elusive Shadow Client & unravel his militia but upon learning your target’s true identity & the truth about 47’s past nothing will ever be the same The World is Your Weapon Only in HITMAN can you use everything in your environment to help plan & execute the perfect assassination – use stealth sabotage & everything in-between to turn your creativity into a deadly weapon A World of Assassination HITMAN not only

Includes:: a brand new campaign but also new missions the high-stakes Elusive Targets & more free live content that gives you new ways to test your killer creativity The Best HITMAN experience to date HITMAN streamlines the assassination experience
- including all the previous game’s improvement HITMAN 2 adds enhanced player progression & several augmentations to the HUDUI to help make you an even deadlier assassin New Ways to Hit Introducing new modes & new ways to play HITMAN with your friends
- play co-op with a friend in Sniper Assassin or compete for the highest score in the 16-player synchronous Assassination Race




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Travel the globe & track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN 2 From sun-drenched streets to dark & dangerous rainforests nowhere is safe from the world's most deadly assassin Agent 47 Prepare to experience the ultimate spy thriller story
- your mission is to eliminate the elusive Shadow Client & unravel his militia but upon learning your target's true identity & the truth about 47's past nothing will ever be the same
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