03230nam 2200601 450 991079480010332120211203130309.01-5017-5940-X10.1515/9781501759413(CKB)4100000012023158(MiAaPQ)EBC6465299(OCoLC)1243012849(MdBmJHUP)musev2_85813(DE-B1597)577534(DE-B1597)9781501759413(OCoLC)1302166145(StDuBDS)EDZ0002752701(EXLCZ)99410000001202315820210827e20222021 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPrevail until the bitter end Germans in the waning years of World War II /Alexandra Lohse[electronic resource]Ithaca :Cornell University Press,2022.1 online resource (209 pages)Battlegrounds. Cornell studies in military historyCornell scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2021.1-5017-5941-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : The World at War -- Stalingrad : The Right to Believe in Victory -- Mobilizing the National Community : Do You Want Total War? -- Genocide and Mass Atrocities : A Page Never to Be Written -- Enemies Within and Without : A Sign of Providence -- Dissolution : History Is the Arbiter -- Conclusion : Understanding What National Socialism Is.In 'Prevail until the Bitter End', Alexandra Lohse explores the gossip and innuendo, the dissonant reactions and perceptions of Germans to the violent dissolution of the Third Reich. Mobilized for total war, soldiers and citizens alike experienced an unprecedented convergence of military, economic, social, and political crises. But even in retreat, the militarized national community unleashed ferocious energies, staving off defeat for over two years and continuing a systematic murder campaign against European Jews and others. Was its faith in the Führer never shaken by the prospect of ultimate defeat? Lohse uncovers how Germans experienced life and death, investigates how mounting emergency conditions affected their understanding of the nature and purpose of the conflagration, and shows how these factors influenced the people's relationship with the Nazi regime.Battlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history.Cornell scholarship online.World War, 1939-1945GermanyPublic opinionPublic opinionGermanyHistory20th centuryNational socialismPublic opinionGermansAttitudesGermanyHistory1933-1945World War, 1939-1945Public opinion.Public opinionHistoryNational socialismPublic opinion.GermansAttitudes.940.53/43Lohse Alexandra1269589StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910794800103321Prevail until the bitter end3767581UNINA