1944年，在败局已定的情况下，德国空军并没有放弃最后的垂死挣扎，他们与盟国空军的昼间殊死角力直到战争的最后阶段依然规模浩大而又异常惨烈，1945年初，当被称为“最后的王牌”的德军Me262喷气战斗机第一次成规模地出现在天空，以其惊人的速度向盟军飞行员发起攻击时，曾在盟军空军中引起不小的惊慌。但制空权已无可换回地丧失，在铺天盖地的盟军战机团团围剿之下，喷气战机也无力回天。
《决死天空:二战末期德国昼间空战》作者历经多年时间，广泛收集了有关这场空战最后阶段的各种文献及当事人的回忆录，在占有丰富的德文第一手资料的基础上，生动而具体地描述、刻画了德军普通昼间战斗机部队，以及当时最先进的喷气式战斗机部队抵抗盟国空军实施昼间空中绞杀战这个生死大搏斗的最后过程。

施佩尔（Albert Speer）在第二次世界大战前是个建筑师，在希特勒的“第三帝国”时期，先是开始负责纳粹党的建筑设计，做了希特勒的建筑师，成为希特勒的“宫廷近侍集团”中的一个重要人物。后来他做到了“第三帝国”的军备部长和生产部长，是“二战”后期纳粹德国大量增产军备的生产负责人。战后他在纽伦堡被判处二十年监禁。施佩尔认罪，在狱中反省了自己追随希特勒的生涯，对自己的罪行有了深刻的忏悔，并且写了《第三帝国内幕》（Erinnerungen）一书。这部著作对认识纳粹德国和希特勒来说是具有第一手价值的回忆录。
施佩尔描述的希特勒并不是一个恶魔或者疯子，他在施佩尔的笔下有时充满着人情味，对自己的“宫廷侍从”的小圈子很有感情，能够在某些决策会议上服从正确的意见，在失败袭来时会感到悲伤，对于自己的命运也有着悲观的预期。他被各种在他身边争宠的政治集团包围，诸如戈林、希姆莱、纳粹党的大区区长等各种政治力量在他身边勾心斗角。他在国防军的军官团中有时感到自己没有“专业”地位。正如施佩尔用一个词形容的那样，他在许多方面只是个“业余专家”，比如军事指挥或艺术鉴赏方面。但是，他的至高无上的“元首”地位又要求他保持他无所不知的“专家”形象。这就造成了施佩尔所说的一种戏剧性场面，即希特勒常常是不顾他的参谋部的军事专家的意见而在地图上把各个师调来调去，直接指挥前线的军事行动。他在这方面有自负，但是一个由“业余行家”指挥而专家意见不被重视的军事统帅部，是不可能打赢德国那样的两线作战的现代战争的。
《第三帝国内幕》一书的英译者把施佩尔称为可能是希特勒政权中最有才华的成员，希特勒也曾经对秘书说过，“施佩尔仍然是他们（指他的幕僚们）中最优秀的一个”。从这部回忆录所达到的思想水准来看，他们的评价不虚。施佩尔在1945年上半年德国战败的最后几个月中为维护德国的工业、交通和通讯不被希特勒的焦土政策破坏、为保护德国的“民族生存的基础”而作出的努力，体现了对于德国人民的责任感。他对于纳粹统治集团的“集体罪责”的承担、对于纽伦堡审判的意义的阐发、对于现代科学技术条件下的战争、统治及文明前景的反思，既体现出一定的勇气，也显示出一定的思想才华。就这部书达到的思想水平而言，它的价值是不容低估的。
施佩尔谈到了纽伦堡审判对于重建西方文明的主要原则和国际法准则的重要意义，也谈到了在现代科技条件和传播手段下，因为统治大规模人群的思想变得轻而易举，因此保持个人的独立自由才显得尤其重要。他深知清算纳粹政权对于德国人民的自新具有重要的意义，因此决定把希特勒政权的真实面目告诉世人，不仅在纽伦堡的法庭上认罪，而且在回忆录中忏悔。为了粉碎德国人民对于希特勒政权的迷信，他在书中严厉谴责了希特勒意图毁灭德国“民族生存基础”的“焦土抗战”政策。不仅如此，他曾经当面顶撞希特勒，告诉他战争“已经失败”，继续毫无意义的破坏只是会增加德国人民的苦难，毁灭他们战后重建的物质基础。他以自己的最近距离的观察清楚地告诉德国人民，希特勒这个自称代表德国民族的统治者在最后的时刻考虑到的不是德国人民的利益，而是不顾一切的把这场已经变得毫无意义的战争进行下去，哪怕他的“焦土”抗战会把德国变得“回到中世纪”。他在书中清楚地总结说，只有认清希特勒政权的本质，德国人民才能真正走上民族自新和民族复兴的道路。
施佩尔对于希特勒的感情是矛盾的。一方面，作为希特勒发现和栽培的建筑师、帝国军备和生产部长，作为希特勒政权的核心要员，作为希特勒的宫廷侍从的小圈子里的常客，他对于希特勒有感恩、效忠和迷恋的心理。他自称如果希特勒算是有朋友的话，他可以称得上是一个。从他与希特勒的交往过程来看，这是准确的。作为一个朋友，施佩尔在有些时候对希特勒的描写是充满感情的，比如他在最后见到希特勒时的情景，他离开希特勒时的满腹凄凉，以及在得知希特勒死讯后面对着希特勒照片的痛哭。这些富于人性的描写部分，不仅使我们看到一个矛盾的施佩尔，也使我们看到一个有血有肉的希特勒。另一方面，作为一个现实的工业生产的组织者和意欲保全“民族生存基础”的“爱国者”（如果施佩尔愿意使用这一词的话），他又清楚地看到了希特勒在面临失败时的垂死挣扎会给德国民族带来的灾难，因此起意要刺杀他。仅仅因为偶然的原因，阻止了他去实施计划中的刺杀行动。显然，如果说在极权政治中不可能存在统治者间的友谊是条通则的话，施佩尔与希特勒的关系多少还是表明，也许在政治规则中总是可能存在一些例外。
与海德格尔、霍克海默、阿多诺等人从理论上对现代社会中技术统治的意识形态的批判相比，施佩尔的这种反思和告诫，因为他亲身参与了现代技术条件下的战争罪行，而显得更为更为沉痛、更为发人深省。
希特勒于1945年4月30日自杀。施佩尔当时在弗伦斯堡邓尼茨的海军基地等待战败和被俘。作为希特勒钦定的继承人，邓尼茨政府主持了与盟军的投降事宜，而后前纳粹统治集团的主要官员在纽伦堡受到审判。施佩尔被控战争罪和违反人道罪。他认罪，并在施潘道监狱服刑二十年。他在狱中写下了回忆录中的一部分，1966年出狱后，他借助档案资料及其他书籍、资料完成了这部回忆录。

为什么极权主义的宣传，比如在纳粹德国和德意志民主共和国，在开始时卓有成效，却最终失败？外界观察家在解释这段时期的宣传时常常犯两个致命的错误。首先，他们假设因为有警察国家的支持，宣传机器得以广泛有效地工作，人们对希特勒和昂纳克欢呼雀跃，因为他们担心不这样做的后果。其次，他们认为，宣传确实成功说服了大多数的公民，纽伦堡集会反映了大多数德国人的想法，大多数东德人相信了马克思列宁主义。二战盟国于是担心，铲除纳粹主义将是非常艰巨的任务。西方知名的学者们或政治家们，没有预计到东德会崩溃得如此迅速。
有效的宣传取决于一系列有说服力的方法，从最温和的建议到公开的暴力，二十世纪的独裁者对此都深有体会。从许多方面来看，现代极权主义运动在本质上是宗教性质的世界观。纳粹主义和马克思列宁主义提供对文化，道德，科学，历史和娱乐的方方面面的解释；他们也提供人们接受现状的原因。
本书考察了纳粹德国和德意志民主共和国使用的所有说服技巧，并试图指出这两个系统最终失败的原因。

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring was one of Germany’s most capable military strategists. Originally a Bavarian Army officer, he transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1935 and became Goering’s deputy, commanding air fleets during the invasion of France and the Battle of Britain. In 1941 he was appointed C-in-C South, sharing the direction of the North African campaign with Rommel. As C-in-C in Italy in 1943-1944 his brilliant defense of the peninsula became legendary. In 1945, after the Ardennes offensive failed, Kesselring replaced von Rundstedt as C-in-C West. In his memoirs Kesselring describes his military training, his service in World War I, his work in the Reichswehr, his role in the founding of the Luftwaffe, and all aspects of his command in World War II. Concluding with Kesselring’s account of his trial and imprisonment for war crimes, these memoirs give a full picture of the whole military experience of one of Germany’s great commanders.

The biography of Hitler's most infamous SS General chronicles his involvement in the "Night of Long Knives--for which he was convicted--culling archival materials from Britain, Germany, and the United States

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Luftwaffe commander Wolfram von Richthofen was a brilliant master of the tactical and operational air war and one of the key catalysts in the resurrection of Germany's air force. Long overshadowed in history by his cousin, World War I's famous "Red Baron," von Richthofen served in seven major air campaigns from 1936 to 1944, and as senior air commander he was always at the center of the action. <br />For this first full-length biography of von Richthofen, James Corum has mined the field marshal's extensive diaries, which provide a detailed record of military campaigns, tactical and operational problems, interactions with other commanders, and his assessment of methods and weaponry. He has also drawn on interviews with former Luftwaffe members and on his unparalleled access to von Richthofen family papers and photos. <br />Corum reveals how, before World War II, von Richthofen played a central role in developing and building the Luftwaffe and such famous aircraft as the Me 109 fighter and He 111 bomber. He then delivered tactical and operational successes in the Spanish Civil War, where he established the close air support tactics that became an essential trademark of the German blitzkrieg. As commander of the Special Air Division in the invasion of Poland, he demonstrated the effectiveness of massed airpower and in 1940 helped produce a dramatic German victory in France by providing close air support for Von Kleist's panzer divisions as they raced to the English Channel. Later he also led the Luftwaffe's Second Air Fleet against the Allied landings in Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio. <br />Providing a fully rounded portrait, Corum also cites von Richthofen's signal defeats in the Battle of Britain and around Stalingrad; depicts his arrogant and ruthless tendencies; and reveals his loyal but nave belief in Hitler. <br />Cutting through the myths that have grown around von Richthofen's life, Corum's study fills a major gap in the literature and offers new insight into German military culture, Hitler's strategic thinking, and their impact on the German way of war.

德国有心结，一提到犹太人，德国人的肾上腺素水平就会猛增。
君特·格拉斯说，“有了奥斯维辛集中营的惨痛回忆，德国就应该永远分裂。”
倘若说人类史上最黑暗的篇章是可以“应对”的话，那么德国人总体而言可谓应对自如。战后德国人曾经“无力哀悼”，然而如今，对国家罪行的内疚转化成一种美德，对比某些国家的死不悔改，甚至成为一种优越感的标志。
日本缺心眼，正如麦克阿瑟所说，日本人在政治上就是个十二岁小孩。
原文部省大臣藤尾正行曾这么说：“日本近代史上没有令人羞愧的篇章。”
有了广岛和长崎原爆造成的冲击，日本人在谈论战争罪时，感到有资格反戈一击，指责“你们也好不到哪里去”。于是保守派首相依然年复一年地参拜供奉有战犯灵位的靖国神社，而形形色色的委员会把教科书里有碍爱国自豪的史实一概阉割干净。
二战结束七十年来，当正义的一方欢呼胜利，德国和日本这两个“危险的民族”，又是如何面对自己不光彩的过去？表面看来，德国人对大屠杀的彻底反省，日本对侵略责任的抵死不认，世人有目共睹；然而在历史的阴影下，关于奥斯维辛、广岛、南京这几个炼狱之所，关于历史的胜者审判和历史的纪念泛滥，以及为了实现“正常化”的努力和手段，两个看似迥异的国度，实则都充满了难以分辨是非的灰色地带。走访历史的暧昧角落、捕捉冠冕堂皇话语之下的潜台词，同时作者也不忘一再追问：究竟该由来偿还，这罪孽的报应？

青岛日德战争期间，相对于日军四架战机和机动性极强的舰载机母舰，德军飞机势单力薄。原有两架飞机，战前撞毁一架，战时只有一架可以升空作战。
本书系德军飞行员普吕肖夫根据亲身经历所作，讲述他在这场战争中经历的多场空战场面，以及德军战败前夕，他携重要机密文件飞往江苏，历时9个月，经上海、旧金山、伦敦逃到英国的传奇经历。

《海因里希·希姆莱与妻书信集》第一次将希姆莱人生中最重要的19年间与妻子玛佳的来往书信公诸于世，同时根据来往书信的顺序，穿插着史料，严谨叙述了同时期德国所处的政治社会环境和整个二战期间德军的发展演变历程。本书由两部分构成，海因里希与玛佳莉特书信往来，及帝国盛衰覆灭记史料叙叙事。

During the final battles on World War II's Western Front, the legendary German Tiger I heavy tank clashed with the brand-new M26 Pershing fielded by the United States. The Tiger I had earned a formidable reputation by the end of 1944, although its non-sloped armour and poor mobility meant it was being superseded by the Tiger II or 'King Tiger'. While the Tiger I had been in the front lines since 1942, the US Pershing first entered combat in late February 1945, and more than 20 Pershings would see action before war's end.
This book examines the dramatic Tiger/Pershing duel at Elsdorf in Germany, and also assesses the clashes between German armour and the sole 'Super Pershing' deployed to Europe. Featuring full-colour artwork, carefully chosen photographs and specially commissioned maps, this is the story of the first US heavy tanks in combat with the fearsome Tiger I during the last months of World War II in Europe.

By the fall of 1944 the Western Allies appeared to be having it all their own way. The summer's Normandy invasion had finally succeeded and the Germans had been driven out of northern France and most of the Low Countries. In September the invasion of France's southern coast had met less opposition and Allied divisions had begun lining up along the Rhine. But while the Americans were about to meet a nasty surprise in the Ardennes, the Germans never did let go of the province of Alsace, and in a hard pocket around the city of Colmar continued to resist. On New Year's Eve they launched a counteroffensive, Operation Northwind, that nearly put Allied forces back on their heels. While the Allies were eventually able to take care of their Ardennes problem the Colmar one still remained. On January 12, 1945, Eisenhower could only tell George Marshall, "It is a very bad thorn in our side today." This is the story of the Sixth Army Group (7th US & 1st French Armies) which fought on the southern flank of the SHAEF front. The French had multiple problems during this campaign so that increasing number of US divisions needed to take part. In the process the 3rd and 28th Infantry Divisions, and 10th and 14th Armored, among others were able to cover themselves with heroism, though hardly less than the threadbare German 19th Army, which bravely resisted against enormous odds until finally the west bank of the Rhine was cleared. Amidst a horrific winter and rough terrain, interspersed by demolished towns, both sides traded blows in a ferocious campaign often neglected in histories of the war. This book informs us fully of the tremendous and costly struggle waged on that often-neglected sector of the front.

The Bismarck is perhaps the most famous - and notorious - warship ever built. Completed in 1941, the 45,000-ton German battleship sank HMS Hood, the pride of the British Navy, during one of the most sensational encounters in naval history. Following the sinking, Bismarck was chased around the North Atlantic by many units of the Royal Navy. She was finally dispatched with gunfire and torpedoes on 27 May, less than five months after her completion. Her wreck still lies where she sank, 4,800m down and 960km off the west coast of France.
Drawing on new research and technology, this edition is the most comprehensive examination of Bismarck ever published. It includes a complete set of detailed line drawings with fully descriptive keys and full-colour 3D artwork, supported by technical details, photographs and text on the building of the ship and a record of the ship's service history.

《二战巅峰对决：猎杀“提尔皮茨”号战列舰》从攻击者的实力、防御者的实力、作战目标和作战过程等维度，全景剖析了英国皇家空军轰炸机部队和皇家海军航空兵针对德国海军“提尔皮茨”号战列舰开展的一系列空袭行动。 &nbsp; &nbsp; 本书由英国战史专家安格斯&amp;middot;科斯塔姆撰写，作者立足保存至今的战时资料，力求以严谨、专业、客观的视角，还原空袭“提尔皮茨”号战列舰系列行动的真实情况。此外，作者还精选了近百幅珍贵历史照片以及多幅彩绘场景图和示意图，极具观赏和收藏价值。 &nbsp; &nbsp; 本书是广大军事爱好者、历史爱好者和模型爱好者不可错过的经典军事科普读物。