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Introduction |
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War, atrocities, resistance |
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The coup against Hitler |
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From failing hands : the coup in Paris |
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Paris, July 20, 1944 : the SS locked down |
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The resistance's last hope : Rommel against Hitler |
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Hitler's revenge |
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Did a Prussian save Paris? |
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To destroy the City of Light |
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Paris in revolt |
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Paris liberated, Paris spared |
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Normandy south : the invasion of southern France |
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Forts and fortresses : Toulon |
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Europe's lifeline : Marseille |
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Violence comes home : preparing the defense of the Reich |
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To destroy Germany : Hitler and scorched earth |
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Fighting to the last man : the allies at the Rhine |
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Hitler rages |
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The Siege of Dusseldorf |
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Dying so that they may live : central Germany |
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Nuremberg's destruction, Heidelberg's salvation : southern Germany |
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A citizens' revolt : Augsburg |
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"We, the women of Freiburg, beg you" : the French occupation of southern Germany |
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A house of cards : the Soviet assault on the Reich |
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Saving Caspar David Friedrich's city |
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Finishing the job that Bomber Harris started : Hamburg |
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Escaping the Soviet net : Walther Wenck and the flight across the Elbe |
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Conclusion |
