{"product_id":"2940170482238","title":"1941: The Year Germany Lost the War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest-selling historian Andrew Nagorski takes a fresh look at the decisive year 1941, 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 US out of the war. Hitler was confident his aim of total victory was within reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 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 US after Japan¿s attack on Pearl Harbor. Britain emerged with two powerful new allies amp;mdash; Russia and the US. By then, Germany was doomed to defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNagorski illuminates the actions of the major characters of this pivotal year as never before. \u003ci\u003eThe Year Germany Lost the War\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning 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. The year 1941 forever defined our world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179124375792,"sku":"2940170482238","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170482238_p0.jpg?v=1763710534","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170482238","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}