I have studied the topic of WW2 Germany for over 50 years, having read hundreds of text and research books. Recently going through my library, I thought I would share some suggestions for serious students of the subject, so that they can have a greater perspective of the subject. By no means is this a complete list. Just a list of some excellent books I have read this year, so far:
REQUIRED READING:
Churchill, Hitler & the Unnecessary War by Patrick Buchanan
The Taste of War – WW2 and the Battle for Food by Lizzy Collingham
Armageddon -The Reality Behind the Distortions, Myths, Lies, and Illusions of World War II
Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State by Gotz Aly
Architects of Annihilation by Gotz Aly
The Hitler Salute: On the Meaning of a Gesture by Tilmann Alert
Hitler's Banker: Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht
Confessions of "The Old Wizard": The Autobiography of Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schact
Strongly Suggested:
Exorcising Hitler – The Occupation & De-Nazification of Germany
The Axmann Conspiracy – Werewolf and The Nazi Plan for the 4th Reich 1945-1947 and how the US Army CIC defeated it
Hitler’s Prisons – Legal Terror in Nazi Germany
Karl Brandt (Hitler’s Doctor) – Medicine & Power in the Third Reich
Vlasov (WW2 Russian General who then joined the Wehrmacht)
Should be required reading for students of WW2 Germany
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Re: Should be required reading for students of WW2 Germany
Soldaten : On fighting, killing and dying by Neitzel and Welzer..should be in there a well
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
Re: Should be required reading for students of WW2 Germany
Wages of Destruction merits a good look as well IMO.
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Re: Should be required reading for students of WW2 Germany
I would add one suggestion. A semester or three of German language? Would that I had done that a few decades ago.