Hellstorm: The Death of Nazi Germany, 1944-1947
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It was the most deadly and destructive war in human history。 Millions were killed， billions in property was destroyed， ancient cultures were reduced to rubble--World War II was truly man's greatest cataclysm。 Thousands of books， movies and documentary films have been devoted to the war。 There has never been such a terrible retelling of the story， however， as one will find in Hellstorm。 In a chilling "you-are-there" style， the author places the reader at the scene， in the moment。 Throughout this book readers will see what Allied airman saw as they rained down death on German cities; or the reader will experience what those below experienced as they sat trembling in their bomb shelters awaiting that very same death from above。 The reader will view up close the horrors of the Eastern Front during the last months of fighting and through the mud， blood and madness of combat they may come to understand how the same German soldiers， who only moments before had destroyed an enemy tank， could now risk their own lives to rescue the trapped Soviet crew inside。 Readers will witness for themselves the fate of German women as the rampaging Red Army raped and murdered its way across Europe--all females， from "eight to eighty" feared the dreaded words， "Frau Komm。" The worst nautical disasters in history which claimed thousands of lives， the greatest mass migration known to man in which millions perished， the fate of those wretched victims in post-war death camps and torture chambers， these and many other dark secrets of World War II now come to light in Hellstorm。
Reviews
Charity
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One of the most profound and difficult subjects I’ve yet to read。 Most people aren’t aware that an estimate 10 million German non-combatants were massacred during WWII with the majority occurring after German surrender。 “Hellstorm，” is a well documented account of American， British， and Soviet war crimes committed from 1944 - 1947 against innocent German civilians。It’s a painful read， but should be required reading for every American to counter the whitewashed propaganda taught about WWII in pub One of the most profound and difficult subjects I’ve yet to read。 Most people aren’t aware that an estimate 10 million German non-combatants were massacred during WWII with the majority occurring after German surrender。 “Hellstorm，” is a well documented account of American， British， and Soviet war crimes committed from 1944 - 1947 against innocent German civilians。It’s a painful read， but should be required reading for every American to counter the whitewashed propaganda taught about WWII in public schools and textbooks。 Dresden is only the tip of the iceberg。 Under Eisenhower， and with his tacit approval， America ran death camps， raped， torture， looted， and starved German civilians。 Only with growing Soviet tensions did America changed her approach out of fear of Germans embracing Communism。“Germans still have much to feel guilty of before God。 But they have nothing to feel guilty of before the Big Three。 Any German who still feels guilty before the Allies is a fool。 Any American who thinks he should is a scoundrel。” Hellstorm: The Death of Nazi German 1944-1947，” Thomas Goodrich。 。。。more
Jean Jessup
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This was so well written， it read almost like a novel， a very horrific one。 It was a traumatic page turner， but I had to put it down a lot because so much of it was hard-hitting and really brought me down。 In this age of the Rona， it is important to keep one's vibration up and strive for a joyous future。 But there is much in this book that is a warning for humanity to not go down this terrible road of unconscious， thoughtless treatment of one's fellow man， no matter where they live or what their This was so well written， it read almost like a novel， a very horrific one。 It was a traumatic page turner， but I had to put it down a lot because so much of it was hard-hitting and really brought me down。 In this age of the Rona， it is important to keep one's vibration up and strive for a joyous future。 But there is much in this book that is a warning for humanity to not go down this terrible road of unconscious， thoughtless treatment of one's fellow man， no matter where they live or what their nationality。 There's nothing like personal testimony to drive home what it was really like to go through war。 Who can thoughtlessly be in favor of any war anywhere？ The worst thing for me was the betrayal of all these people's experiences being left out of the history that is taught in school。 I felt like sobbing after I finally finished reading。 This book is a bit of disclosure， important for everyone to read， so we never do this again。 。。。more
Hyzer Anhyzer
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Not for the feint of heart。
anonymousreader
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to-read
Roger Charles
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A well researched book on the ugliness of humanity and this time it wasn’t just the Nazi’s but us and our allies。 Looking back how could Roosevelt have been so blind as to be taken in and used as a lackey by Stalin？ The allies have nothing to be proud about after the war， only General Patton seemed to have great vision of the Russian intent and history。 Good work though depressing Thomas G。
Andre Jonsson
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Very disturbing book about the suffering of the Germans at the end of and after WWII。 Very graphic descriptions of the worst behaviour of human beings。 The Hollywood myth about "The good war" is shattered completely。 Very disturbing book about the suffering of the Germans at the end of and after WWII。 Very graphic descriptions of the worst behaviour of human beings。 The Hollywood myth about "The good war" is shattered completely。 。。。more
Tod B。 Souza
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Huh？ And we thought we were the good guys。
Arthur
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Should be REQUIRED READING for any survey course on the history of the Second World War。 In fact， for anyone who wants to strengthen their general understanding of the nature and course of twentieth-century history， this book is invaluable。 Goodrich is an excellent writer and "Hellstorm" is highly readable and accessible。 This book is not a stale， lifeless review of some minor academic niche topic; this is an important social history of a topic that is relevant to our lives today。 We all live in Should be REQUIRED READING for any survey course on the history of the Second World War。 In fact， for anyone who wants to strengthen their general understanding of the nature and course of twentieth-century history， this book is invaluable。 Goodrich is an excellent writer and "Hellstorm" is highly readable and accessible。 This book is not a stale， lifeless review of some minor academic niche topic; this is an important social history of a topic that is relevant to our lives today。 We all live in the shadow of the cataclysm of 1944-1947， except most of us don't realize it。 "Hellstorm" is therefore not just a well written history， but rather it is also a relevant and important book in our modern， contemporary political context。 。。。more
andymoshi
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This is the real tragedy of World War 2！ You will never learn about the horrific things that Germans went through。 A must read for all honest historians and those people who want the truth without sugar coating anything！ It is a shame that such a beautiful nation and people were destroyed， and to this day are being lied about by the establishment。
IAN SPEIGHT
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A very emotional powerful read that will shock a lot of readers。 A lot of what the book says at the beginning about Germany from A British point of view I think is still prevalent today over Brexit especially from the Leave camp。However， make no mistake Thomas Goodrich takes the reader through the gates of Hell & what awaits on the other side makes highly uncomfortable reading both in the graphic detail of the occurrences Torture， Murder， Rape & On a side of the War's aftermath I had never given A very emotional powerful read that will shock a lot of readers。 A lot of what the book says at the beginning about Germany from A British point of view I think is still prevalent today over Brexit especially from the Leave camp。However， make no mistake Thomas Goodrich takes the reader through the gates of Hell & what awaits on the other side makes highly uncomfortable reading both in the graphic detail of the occurrences Torture， Murder， Rape & On a side of the War's aftermath I had never given much thought too。 How the Allies in order to appease Stalin handed over huge numbers of Russians who had escaped his evil tyranny & how the allies stood back & did nothing As Stalin took his revenge on Cossack and Slavic collaborators became deliberate targets of Anglo-Soviet viricide in the postwar years。While this horror is unfolding， Roosevelt （and later Truman） and Churchill cheerily offer Stalin half of Europe。 They are more than happy to accommodate nearly every demand drafted up by this “Man of Steel。” The result of these Anglo accommodations nearly defies description: the greatest mass expulsion and deportation in history （upwards of 13 million）; the mass murder of millions of Germans and their allies in Russian， French， Jewish， and Polish retribution camps and prisons dotted all throughout Europe and the USSR。That of course is the authors view on what happened & he has done some excellent research。 However， At times I was left thinking that there are to sides to every story & not everyone will agree with what he has written here。 Overall a heartbreaking read， that a lot of readers might find too hard to complete。 A lot of subject includes the death & torture of children。 A Very well written， researched book that breaks free of the stereotyping that usually occurs in accounts of the second world war。 It was the most deadly and destructive war in human history。 Millions were killed， billions in property was destroyed， ancient cultures were reduced to rubble–World War II was truly man’s greatest cataclysm。 Thousands of books， film and documentary films have been devoted to the war。 There has never been such a terrible retelling of the story， however， as one will find in Hellstorm。 In a chilling “you-are-there” style， the author places the reader at the scene， at the moment。 Throughout this book readers will see what Allied airman saw as they rained down death on German cities; or the reader will experience what those below experienced as they sat trembling in their bomb shelters awaiting that very same death from above。 The reader will view up close the horrors of the Eastern Front during the last months of fighting and through the mud， blood and madness of combat they may come to understand how the same German soldiers， who only moments before had destroyed an enemy tank， could now risk their own lives to rescue the trapped Soviet crew inside。 Readers will witness for themselves the fate of German women as the rampaging Red Army raped and murdered its way across Europe–all females， from “eight to eighty” feared the dreaded words， “Frau Komm。” The worst nautical disasters in history which claimed thousands of lives， the greatest mass migration known to man in which millions perished， the fate of those wretched victims in post-war death camps and torture chambers， these and many other dark secrets of World War II now come to light in Hellstorm。 。。。more
SierraKiloBravo
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Link to my review: https://youtu。be/zM2UhFyEqz0？t=11m25s Link to my review: https://youtu。be/zM2UhFyEqz0？t=11m25s 。。。more
Patrick
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Truth hidden from the crowd。
Donna
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Im expecting this to be gut wrenching。 I need to plan for that。
Danny Druid
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It is a sad fact of human life that you can only start to read about so many nightmarishly gruesome deeds before they all start to sound the same。 That is how I felt reading this book。 After the first two chapters had me in a deep state of despair over the evils that innocent German civilians， and especially women and children， had to face at the hands of Allied conquerors， I had to struggle to read the rest of the book because it all just seemed like more of the same。 The Allied Nations should It is a sad fact of human life that you can only start to read about so many nightmarishly gruesome deeds before they all start to sound the same。 That is how I felt reading this book。 After the first two chapters had me in a deep state of despair over the evils that innocent German civilians， and especially women and children， had to face at the hands of Allied conquerors， I had to struggle to read the rest of the book because it all just seemed like more of the same。 The Allied Nations should send Germany billions of dollars a year as reparations for the atrocities they committed against them。 Never mind - they would just waste it all on refugees instead of helping their own people。 。。。more
Aurimas Nausėda
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Knyga apie Vokietijos žmonių kančias po karo。 Istorijos faktų knyga apie nuo karo nukentėjusius žmones。
Ernie
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What happened （and is still happening！） to Germany beginning in 1945 and lasting to this very day is absolutely atrocious。 But from May of 1945 until about 1950 was truly a holocaust！ Nevermind the supposed "gassing" of Jews by National Socialist Germany --the so called Holocaust™ （and the word the Jews co-opted）， THIS is absolutely hands down the worst example of man's inhumanity to man in the history of the world。 So very sad。 Read this book and weep。。。（As to the writing and content of this bo What happened （and is still happening！） to Germany beginning in 1945 and lasting to this very day is absolutely atrocious。 But from May of 1945 until about 1950 was truly a holocaust！ Nevermind the supposed "gassing" of Jews by National Socialist Germany --the so called Holocaust™ （and the word the Jews co-opted）， THIS is absolutely hands down the worst example of man's inhumanity to man in the history of the world。 So very sad。 Read this book and weep。。。（As to the writing and content of this book， the atrocity of post war Germany is just too overshadowing。） 。。。more
Irredeema Bill
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The most gruesome book I have ever readAnd - I highly recommend it。 To be true to oneself， to be true to the truth is one of the pinnacles of humanity。 Pick up this book， read it， & imagine humanity at its worst。 There are no glorious wars - just death， destruction and misery。
Lawrence
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It was the most deadly and destructive war in human history。 Millions were killed， billions in property was destroyed， ancient cultures were reduced to rubble--World War II was truly man's greatest cataclysm。 Thousands of books， movies and documentary films have been devoted to the war。 There has never been such a terrible retelling of the story， however， as one will find in Hellstorm。 In a chilling "you-are-there" style， the author places the reader at the scene， in the moment。 Throughout this It was the most deadly and destructive war in human history。 Millions were killed， billions in property was destroyed， ancient cultures were reduced to rubble--World War II was truly man's greatest cataclysm。 Thousands of books， movies and documentary films have been devoted to the war。 There has never been such a terrible retelling of the story， however， as one will find in Hellstorm。 In a chilling "you-are-there" style， the author places the reader at the scene， in the moment。 Throughout this book readers will see what Allied airman saw as they rained down death on German cities; or the reader will experience what those below experienced as they sat trembling in their bomb shelters awaiting that very same death from above。 The reader will view up close the horrors of the Eastern Front during the last months of fighting and through the mud， blood and madness of combat they may come to understand how the same German soldiers， who only moments before had destroyed an enemy tank， could now risk their own lives to rescue the trapped Soviet crew inside。 Readers will witness for themselves the fate of German women as the rampaging Red Army raped and murdered its way across Europe--all females， from "eight to eighty" feared the dreaded words， "Frau Komm。" The worst nautical disasters in history which claimed thousands of lives， the greatest mass migration known to man in which millions perished， the fate of those wretched victims in post-war death camps and torture chambers， these and many other dark secrets of World War II now come to light in Hellstorm。 。。。more
David Becker
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The author certainly does a decent imitation of legitimate historian/author。 It took me until page 50 to feel uncomfortable enough with the author’s whitewashing of Hitler’s actions and zero recognition of Nazi atrocities that I did some investigating。 Turns out the author is a white supremacist with an agenda that includes repositioning Nazi Germany as the innocent victim of WWII。There’s plenty to be said about Allied excesses in WWII， but a slanted， hugely imbalanced account that absolves Germ The author certainly does a decent imitation of legitimate historian/author。 It took me until page 50 to feel uncomfortable enough with the author’s whitewashing of Hitler’s actions and zero recognition of Nazi atrocities that I did some investigating。 Turns out the author is a white supremacist with an agenda that includes repositioning Nazi Germany as the innocent victim of WWII。There’s plenty to be said about Allied excesses in WWII， but a slanted， hugely imbalanced account that absolves Germany of all wrong is not the honest way to do it。 。。。more
Ffiona
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The treatment of ordinary Germans after WWII was quite horrific。 The Hitler regime was imposed from the top down & mostly on a resentful populace，anyone displaying anti Nazi sentiment was either subjected to internment in a camp，condemned to death， or deported，so it isn't really surprising that few voiced any objections。It is incredibly unfair how this nation of people were demonized。It is now obvious to me that the Jewish holocaust has been （overly） focused on to the exclusion of all other wart The treatment of ordinary Germans after WWII was quite horrific。 The Hitler regime was imposed from the top down & mostly on a resentful populace，anyone displaying anti Nazi sentiment was either subjected to internment in a camp，condemned to death， or deported，so it isn't really surprising that few voiced any objections。It is incredibly unfair how this nation of people were demonized。It is now obvious to me that the Jewish holocaust has been （overly） focused on to the exclusion of all other wartime atrocities。This excessive focus on the Nazi holocaust has been termed 'holocaust propaganda' and it has had an extremely detrimental effect on the psychological well being of the German nation。It has encouraged them to feel ashamed of their country and to hate themselves for being German。Thousands of Germans chose to commit suicide rather than face the murderous wrath of the Russians。The Soviet soldiers who advanced through Germany were even raping the women from concentration camps。To be violated by their liberators is pretty sickening and grotesque。It has been documented that some Jews chose to escape from the camps with the camp guards rather than face the rapidly advancing Red Army，at this late stage of the war many of the guards assigned to the camps were just ordinary German soldiers。 The guards murdered by the Americans were mainly old men， young teenagers and those not fit enough for front line service- they were all that were left to guard the camps。The German educational system conditions children to feel guilt & blame for what their forefathers did to the Jewish people，but barely no mention is made of the fact that up to twenty million Germans died in the post war period， and that included women and children murdered by the Allied forces。 Political correctness also comes into play with regard to this issue， because the German child ends up thinking something along the lines of， 'I cannot question the Nazi holocaust， as a German I must at all times appear to be very sorry & contrite in the public’s eyes'。 Personally， I am against the stigmatisation of individuals who suffer blame for crimes they had nothing to do with。This publication gives numerous accounts of deprivation， mistreatment and outright violence perpetrated by the Allies who were dealing with the German military and innocent civilians。 。。。more
Candace Foulke
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This book was disturbing on many levels but is so achingly descriptive in trying to describe the horror of that war。 I have read many books about this subject and the war itself and so far this one has been one of the most brutal descriptions I have read。 Even so， I believe that it could not compare to the actuality these people lived through。 I must add， along with everything else published and in witnessing conversations with some who survived the camps and atrocities - I do believe that this This book was disturbing on many levels but is so achingly descriptive in trying to describe the horror of that war。 I have read many books about this subject and the war itself and so far this one has been one of the most brutal descriptions I have read。 Even so， I believe that it could not compare to the actuality these people lived through。 I must add， along with everything else published and in witnessing conversations with some who survived the camps and atrocities - I do believe that this was payback for the unspeakable crimes that were begun by the German people themselves。 The tables turned and they got a taste of what they had served and then were shocked at the treatment they received。 I only hope and pray that future generations will see the damage and pain caused by war and attempt to settle any differences they may have in a more humane fashion。 This war should never have happened - but sadly it did。 There are still walking wounded living today。 。。。more
Grant Halliday
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Hellstorm of EmotionMy generation was trained from birth to view Hitler and the NDSAP as the ultimate evil。 I was uncomfortable at first with this sometimes sympathetic view towards the third Reich， but by the end of the book， the story became all too reasonable。 Had to take a break on a few occasions due to the macabre descriptions and testimony。 The old adage is true。 History is shaped by the victors。
Steve Ryan
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A haunting book。。。I would recommend this book to readers of military history， seeking to gain an understanding of what the final months of WWII were like for people in Germany。 I have read other good works （The Last Battle， Fall of Berlin）， but I was unprepared for the scope and depth of misery and cruelty suffered by the German people， at the hands of all sides of the victors。 I have a feeling that this is one of those books that stays with you for a lifetime。
Lisa Quenon
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It is terrifying to me， the nature of propaganda。。。how it feeds on the emotions of the reader/listener/viewer。 This book， and its author， are no different from any other propaganda I've encountered。 Many of his readership have not made the journey to Germany。 Many of his readership have not been inside of concentration camps; read about WWII atrocities in the original language by the original authors （i。e。 in German or Polish by the leaders and leading writers at the time）。 So many readers simpl It is terrifying to me， the nature of propaganda。。。how it feeds on the emotions of the reader/listener/viewer。 This book， and its author， are no different from any other propaganda I've encountered。 Many of his readership have not made the journey to Germany。 Many of his readership have not been inside of concentration camps; read about WWII atrocities in the original language by the original authors （i。e。 in German or Polish by the leaders and leading writers at the time）。 So many readers simply feel the emotional tug of the words on paper without questioning them because the story is so well prepared and so well offered。 Make no mistake， this book is a work of fiction， absolute fiction。 I have been overseas。 I have read the treatises in the original language。 I have visited concentration camps。 I have spoken with survivors。 That other 'story，' the one this author refers to as a work of Hollywood， it is no Hollywood story， it is the truth。 。。。more
Samara
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This book was written by a Neo Nazi， or as his bio more favorably spins it: "a White Nationalist" I thought you should know。 This book was written by a Neo Nazi， or as his bio more favorably spins it: "a White Nationalist" I thought you should know。 。。。more
Kyle
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A difficult and often gruesome read。 It offers a glimpse into the perspective of the losers of WW2， in this case the Germans。 More often than not， this book details the horrors that were enacted not upon the Nazis， but upon innocent civilians。 It just goes to show， there are never "good guys" in war， only victims and false prophets。 A difficult and often gruesome read。 It offers a glimpse into the perspective of the losers of WW2， in this case the Germans。 More often than not， this book details the horrors that were enacted not upon the Nazis， but upon innocent civilians。 It just goes to show， there are never "good guys" in war， only victims and false prophets。 。。。more
Jingizu
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This is a very disturbing book with horrendous descriptions of what happened to German POWs and German civilians in the aftermath of WWII。 （BTW， this is not the first book or research paper I have read about this subject， just the most recent）。The only reason I give it 3 stars， is because of the veiled allusion to conspiracy theories。 It detracts from the facts of Allied atrocities against the Germans。 A less emotional and unbiased account would have packed a far greater punch。As a historian mys This is a very disturbing book with horrendous descriptions of what happened to German POWs and German civilians in the aftermath of WWII。 （BTW， this is not the first book or research paper I have read about this subject， just the most recent）。The only reason I give it 3 stars， is because of the veiled allusion to conspiracy theories。 It detracts from the facts of Allied atrocities against the Germans。 A less emotional and unbiased account would have packed a far greater punch。As a historian myself， I know how difficult it is to try and stay unbiased and I don't believe there is a single historical account in the history of the world that is completely objective。 Yet， the veiled allusions in this book irritated me for the simple reason as stated above， it detracts from the very real suffering of the Germans after WWII。Yes， the Germans started the war to be sure， and many atrocities were committed by them。 But it seems that few people truly adhere to the saying of "two wrongs don't make a right"。 Many plans and policies of especially Rooseveldt and Eisenhower （prompted by Secretary of the Treasury， Henry Morgenthau Jr。， author of the Morgenthau Plan） are open for public view and undisputed。 Kaufman's booklet "Germany must Perish！" is not a hoax。 And so forth。There are very real evidence of this， most tellingly also， George S Patton's letters and public disapproval of the treatment of the Germans， not to mention even Jewish reporters' horror at what they witnessed in respect of the way the common German civilians were treated。 There is a lot more evidence of this than is reported in this book。Is this a book worth reading？ Yes。 Although read it with caution。I am amused and I despair， when I read the comments and reviews of the book。 Either it is raving for the book without checking facts， or people are virulently against the book shouting anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial without evaluating the truth of what happened to the Germans after WWII。 Describing Allied atrocities does not diminish the suffering of those in occupied territories or the Holocaust during WWII， it highlights that in truth， there were no "good guys" in this horrendous war。 。。。more
Greta G
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Nazi propaganda and holocaust denialhttps://chechar。wordpress。com/categor。。。http://www。ihr。org Nazi propaganda and holocaust denialhttps://chechar。wordpress。com/categor。。。http://www。ihr。org 。。。more
Donald Roland
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Excellent and well told。 The account of the devastation of Dresden and of many other German cities as a result of a direct attempt to genocide a nation by the Allied powers is not only revealing， but enlightens readers to what governments are truly capable of doing and hiding。 The cowardice of attacking cities of mostly women and children and then hiding it under the theme of "righteous war" is disgusting， but this gets no attention whatsoever。 Instead we are force fed the false narrative of the Excellent and well told。 The account of the devastation of Dresden and of many other German cities as a result of a direct attempt to genocide a nation by the Allied powers is not only revealing， but enlightens readers to what governments are truly capable of doing and hiding。 The cowardice of attacking cities of mostly women and children and then hiding it under the theme of "righteous war" is disgusting， but this gets no attention whatsoever。 Instead we are force fed the false narrative of the Jewish Holocaust while it is infused in our everyday lives， through movies， television， newspapers and magazines， books， and even in law enforcement and military training。 This book is a must read， especially for those who have been brainwashed into seeing only one side of history's most dramatic time。 Read it with an open mind and learn something valuable。 。。。more
Bill
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