The second volume of a new narrative history of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime, by an expert on the Third Reich. ''This book is like a time machine because McDonough writes so vividly'' <b><i>History of War</i></b> ''McDonough writes clearly and readably with just enough detail on the huge canvas that he covers'' <b><i>Spectator</i></b> ''A book of big themes, big ideas and world changing events [¿] a masterpiece'' <b><i>History of War Magazine</i></b>At the beginning of 1940 Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat. Hitler had failed to achieve his aim of making Germany a super power and had left her people to cope with the endless shame of the Holocaust.In <i>The Hitler Years: Disaster 1940-1945</i>, Professor Frank McDonough charts the dramatic change of fortune for the Third Reich, and challenges long-held accounts of the Holocaust and Germany''s ultimate defeat.Despite Hitler''s grand ambitions and the