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The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich

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An informative, one-volume handbook that documents the rise and fall of one of the most terrifying and destructive regimes in recorded world history. This atlas charts the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi state and examines the nature of Hitler's power structurers both within his party and within Germany as a whole. Color and b&W illus. throughout. Maps.

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1997

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Richard Overy

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Richard James Overy is a British historian who has published extensively on the history of World War II and the Third Reich.

Educated at Caius College, Cambridge and awarded a research fellowship at Churchill College, Professor Overy taught history at Cambridge from 1972 to 1979, as a fellow of Queens' College and from 1976 as a university assistant lecturer. In 1980 he moved to King's College London, where he became professor of modern history in 1994. He was appointed to a professorship at the University of Exeter in 2004.

His work on World War II has been praised as "highly effective in the ruthless dispelling of myths" (A. J. P. Taylor), "original and important" (New York Review of Books) and "at the cutting edge" (Times Literary Supplement.)[

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March 9, 2022
Lots of information, much of it usefully arrayed. But: frequently poor cartography, which is rather a major strike against an atlas, and a bunch of little errors in the text.

For example, from the spread showing Weimar Germany (pps 12-13):
-The map of the German Empire erroneously shows the post-plebiscite border with Denmark;
-Ireland is already shown as an independent state in 1918, with Northern Ireland delineated;
-The text claims the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk gave Germany vague "control" over Georgia, but does not mention Belarus.

Or, from the subsequent spread, showing the Versailles Settlement (pps 14-15):
-Eupen and Malmedy are erroneously shown as within Belgium's 1914 borders;
-The borders of Upper Silesia shown are very odd and do not match any actual configuration of the borders; part of Upper Silesia is erroneously marked as having been territory lost by Austria-Hungary;
-The area south of Ratiborz (Hlucin) is erroneously marked as being given to Poland instead of Czechoslovakia.

Embarrassing stuff, for as useful as other parts of the book might be.
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126 reviews101 followers
January 31, 2018
প্রথম বিশ্বযুদ্ধোত্তর জার্মানির উত্থান নিয়ে অনেক তথ্য আছে, কিন্তু তথ্যগুলো এলোমেলোভাবে সাজানো। প্রচুর ইনফোগ্রাফিকস ব্যবহার করে ১৯১৮ -১৯৯৪৫ সময়কালীন জার্মান সমাজ, হিটলার আর নাজি পার্টির উত্থান, অর্থনৈতিক অবস্থা, বেকারত্বের হ্রাস বৃদ্ধি, সামরিক কাঠামো বুঝানো হয়েছে, সবকিছুই অল্প অল্প করে, গভীরে যায় নাই।

সবচেয়ে হতাশ হয়েছি ১৯৩৮ - ১৯৪৫ অর্থাৎ দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধকালীন সামরিক ম্যাপের অপ্রতুলতায়। কোন সামরিক অভিযানই খুঁটিয়ে খুঁটিয়ে বাখ্যা করে নাই, হালকা করে মাত্র কয়েক পৃষ্ঠায় হাতে গোনা কয়েকটা ম্যাপ দিয়ে সব ফ্রন্ট দেখিয়ে দিয়েছে। অথচ পোল্যান্ড আক্রমণ, ফ্রান্স আক্রমণ, হল্যান্ড-নরওয়ে অভিযান, ভূমধ্যসাগরীয় যুদ্ধ, উত্তর আফ্রিকার যুদ্ধ,রাশা আক্রমণ এবং তারপর জার্মানির আসতে আসতে পিছিয়ে আসা নিয়ে ম্যাপই এ বইয়ের মূল আকর্ষণ হওয়া উচিত ছিল।

বইটা কিনে সংগ্রহ করার মতো, কিন্তু দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধের সামরিক ইতিহাসে যারা আগ্রহী, তাদের জন্য এ বই দিয়ে কাজ হবে না।
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September 6, 2015
This had less information than the Complete Idiot's Guide of Nazi Germany (read just before this), but the maps and other visuals help with further understanding the size of this conflict. The idiots guide was fantastic for understand why and how; this helped further with how and clearly regarding where. The visuals makes this longer to read than expected but worth it.
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October 30, 2015
An incredible reference book, chock full of charts, graphs, and maps. If you've ever wondered about productivity, Party membership, national borders, or pretty much any other statistical data about the Nazi years, this book probably has the answer.
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