{"product_id":"book-d1j1","title":"1941: The Year Germany Lost the War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBestselling historian Andrew Nagorski “\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebrings keen psychological insights into the world leaders involved” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) during 1941, the critical year in World War II when Hitler’s miscalculations and policy of terror propelled Churchill, FDR, and Stalin into a powerful new alliance that defeated Nazi Germany. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn early 1941, Hitler’s armies ruled most of Europe. Churchill’s Britain was an isolated holdout against the Nazi tide, but German bombers were attacking its cities and German U-boats were attacking its ships. Stalin was observing the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and Roosevelt was vowing to keep the United States out of the war. Hitler was confident that his aim of total victory was within reach.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut by the end of 1941, all that changed. Hitler had repeatedly gambled on escalation and lost: by invading the Soviet Union and committing a series of disastrous military blunders; by making mass murder and terror his weapons of choice, and by rushing to declare war on the United States after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Britain emerged with two powerful new allies—Russia and the United States. By then, Germany was doomed to defeat.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNagorski illuminates the actions of the major characters of this pivotal year as never before. \u003ci\u003e1941: The Year Germany Lost the War\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning and “entertaining” (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) examination of unbridled megalomania versus determined leadership. It also reveals how 1941 set the Holocaust in motion, and presaged the postwar division of Europe, triggering the Cold War. 1941 was “the year that shaped not only the conflict of the hour but the course of our lives—even now” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Jon Meacham).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347164733744,"sku":"BDd1j1","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347164766512,"sku":"10d1j1","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d1j1-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773690258","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d1j1","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}