TABLE OF CONTENTS
Map Legend viii
A Note to Readers ix
Key Players xi
PART 1 – THE WOLF’S LAIR 1
PART 2 – THE LAST DESPERATE EFFORT 35
PART 3 – IN THE FÜHRERBUNKER 135
Epilogue: The Battle of Berlin 223
Afterword 228
The Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party 240
The Symbol of the Swastika 248
Hitler’s Stature, Health, and Diet 249
The Toothbrush Mustache 251
German Soldiers and Police: The Wehrmacht, SS, and Gestapo 252
Joseph Stalin and the Russian Army 256
The Red Ball Express 261
The Eagle’s Nest 263
Inside Hitler’s Bunker 265
Nazi Cash, Art, and Stolen Possessions 267
Concentration Camps: Auschwitz- Birkenau 272
The Nuremberg Trials 284
Last Will of Adolf Hitler 288
Time Line 291
The Author Recommends . . . 293
Bibliography 295
Sources 296
Index 299