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Summary
Volume two of Volker Ullrich's biography covers Hitler's wartime leadership, from the early Blitzkrieg victories through the invasion of the Soviet Union, the Holocaust, and the final collapse of the Third Reich. Ullrich draws on newly available sources, including Goebbels's diaries and Hitler's personal correspondence, to portray a leader increasingly detached from reality, micromanaging a losing war from his bunker. The book emphasizes Hitler's central role in every major decision of the regime while also showing the institutional apparatus that enabled his rule.