Hitler's plans for world domination : Nazi architecture and ultimate war aims / / Jochen Thies ; translated by Ian Cooke and Mary-Beth Friedrich.

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiv, 205 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Hitler's ultimate goals 1920-1933 : only new "Lebensraum" in the East?
  • Introduction
  • Hitler and his critics
  • Current research
  • Mein Kampf as the central source
  • Hitler as builder : construction plans, armaments and a vision of war
  • The beginnings of a power politician : "models" of imperial rule : the Jews and Britain
  • No turning back : the aftermath of September 14, 1930
  • Part II. Hitler as architect
  • Megalomania as policy
  • Hitler's views on architecture, history and art
  • Buildings and their functions
  • Hitler and his plans after 1933
  • Architecture and the Third Reich
  • Summary
  • Part III. Hitler and military issues : from Whale Bay to Lake Erie
  • Hitler's addresses to German officers
  • The navy's battleship building plans and visions of world power
  • The Me 261/264 : Hitler's long range bomber
  • Summary
  • Part IV. Hitler in 1940-1941 : when visions become reality
  • Axiomatic geopolitics : 1950 as the objective
  • The remaining powers after a victory over the USSR
  • Hitler's path to world supremacy : the military solution, the trade war, the "annexation" of the world
  • Ruling the new world
  • The British assessment of Hitler's ultimate goals
  • Final observations on Hitler's global strategy.