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How would Europe have looked if Nazi Germany had been victorious in World War II? Between 1933 and 1945, Hitler developed a vision for an infrastructure, architecture, race, labour force and Lebensraum - the acquiring of 'living space' - among many other plans. Some of these were implemented during his leadership as the German Wehrmacht expanded the Nazi sphere of influence, but what were the unrealised plans for a Europe dominated by the Third Reich? A racially-based order would have been established across European Russia, with former German soldiers running farms worked on by slave labour. Germany and Japan were to carve up the Soviet Union and Asia between them. Berlin was to be rebuilt as Germania, a world capital city designed on grandiose, neo-classical lines. Arranged in chapters covering topics such as leadership, war, physical infrastructure, empire building, race, culture and weaponry, World War II Data Book: Hitler's Masterplan, 1933-45 reveals the true scale of Hitler's vision for a Greater Germany and a world dominated by the Nazi ideology.Packed with easy-to-understand maps, diagrams, graphs and illustrations, this is an essential reference guide for anyone interested in modern European history. About the Author Chris McNab is a survival expert, military specialist and author of over 20 military publications including Twentieth Century Small Arms, The Encyclopedia of Combat Techniques, The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War and co-author of Tools of Violence, as well as contributing to The Times on the war in Iraq. |