Episode 139 - Into the Abyss, Part III

After years of scheming, Schleicher had gained the Chancellorship, but it turned out that his government was DOA. All his enemies came together against him, paving the way for Hitler to gain the power he had been demanding for years. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

 

1. Evans, Richard The Coming of the Third Reich Penguin Books, 2003
2. Kershaw, Ian Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris W.W. Norton & Company, Inc 1998
3. Toland, John Adolf Hitler, Volume 1 Doubleday & Company Inc 1976
4. Range, Peter Ross The Unfathomable Ascent: How Hitler Came to Power Little, Brown and Company 2020
5. Hett, Benjamin Carter The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic St. Martin's Press 2018
6. Barth, Rudiger and Hauke Friederichs The Last Winter of the Weimar Republic Pegasus Books 2021

 

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