As well as being pathological about his security, Hitler believed only he could successfully oversee the Third Reich's operations. Thus he divided his time between his numerous HQs spread across his empire. We gain an insight into the atmosphere of fear and boredom, interspersed with outbursts of rage often against his generals that existed in these extraordinary installations.. The book also reveals the extent of the engineering and building effort required to produce this chain of reinforced bunkers, which were constructed by huge labour forces of The Todt Organization. The book concludes with Hitler's final days in Chancellery bunker as the Russians advanced on Berlin. AUTHOR: Ian Baxter is our foremost contributor to the Images of War Series, which gives outlook to his extensive collection of WW2 images. His numerous titles include Hitler's Panzers at War, and Hitler's Defeat on the Eastern Front. SELLING POINTS: ? A superb photographic record of the full range of headquarters from where Hitler exerted his iron grip on Nazi operations ? These HQs include his Berlin bunker, the Wolf's Lair, The Eagle's Nest and the Fuhrer's train ? Through images, captions and supporting text, the author describes the extraordinary lengths that the Nazis went to in order to protect their Fuhrer ILLUSTRATIONS: 240
