Summary of Lloyd Clark's The Battle of the Tanks

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#1 The Battle of Prokhorovka, the largest tank battle in history, was the result of Hitler and Stalin’s tyrannical architects, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, who were guided by fervent ideologies and driven by unbridled ambition.

#2 The German people were upset with the Kaiser, who was a reform-shy, anti-democratic figure. They were hungry, their armed forces were broken, their economy was crushed, and politics was in crisis. The decline from a strong war-maker to a feeble peace-maker was so abrupt that it destabilized the nation and left its population reeling.

#3 The Treaty of Versailles was very unpopular in Germany, and many believed that it would lead to future conflict. The French press thought the settlement was too lenient, and British economist John Maynard Keynes thought the reparations were too great for Germany to bear.

#4 Hitler became politicized while he was serving in the German army on the Western Front. He began preaching nationalist ideals to his comrades, and his speeches became increasingly well received by audiences that grew steadily from dozens to thousands.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822547407

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#1

The Battle of Prokhorovka, the largest tank battle in history, was the result of Hitler and Stalin’s tyrannical architects, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, who were guided by fervent ideologies and driven by unbridled ambition.

#2

The German people were upset with the Kaiser, who was a reform-shy, anti-democratic figure. They were hungry, their armed forces were broken, their economy was crushed, and politics was in crisis. The decline from a strong war-maker to a feeble peace-maker was so abrupt that it destabilized the nation and left its population reeling.

#3

The Treaty of Versailles was very unpopular in Germany, and many believed that it would lead to future conflict. The French press thought the settlement was too lenient, and British economist John Maynard Keynes thought the reparations were too great for Germany to bear.

#4

Hitler became politicized while he was serving in the German army on the Western Front. He began preaching nationalist ideals to his comrades, and his speeches became increasingly well received by audiences that grew steadily from dozens to thousands.

#5

Hitler was chairman of the Nazi party by the summer of 1921. He worked hard to make it seem like he lived for the common man, but he was actually just looking for power. He staged a political stunt in 1923, when Germany was gripped by hyperinflation, by trying to take power in Munich.

#6

Hitler’s ideas did not have shocking implications just for Germany, but also for Europe and the wider world. He emphasized that war was quite in keeping with nature, and that an authoritarian government led by a dictator was needed to prepare the nation for such a programme.

#7

Hitler wanted to remove the shackles of Germany’s democracy, and in March 1933, he introduced a enabling bill that freed him from the legal restraint of the President, parliament, and the voters. It passed with the intimidation of the SA and SS chanting We want the bill or fire and murder.

#8

After Hitler amalgamated the offices of Chancellor and President, he began to manipulate the attitudes and beliefs of the German population. He ordered the press to prioritize propaganda, and he oversaw it at a new ministry, which controlled the press, literature, music, theater, radio, and film.

#9

Hitler was the personification of Germany’s past, present, and future, and he demanded unquestioning compliance from the Nazi Party’s creed. The Nazi regime used propaganda to create a sense of omnipresence, so that nobody could walk through city, town, or village without seeing a photograph of Hitler or a swastika-emblazoned flag.

#10

The Nazi obsession with cleansing was also reflected in their policy towards the Jews. They began to publish anti-Semitic propaganda, and dismissed Jews from positions in government and entertainment industries.

#11

Hitler’s economic plan was to minimize imports, but this was incompatible with the requirement for more raw resources to fulfil