When Volkswagen burst upon the American automobile scene in the 1960s, it established a reputation for both economy and reliability. Few who drove the original sixties' "Love Bug" knew that the vehicle was the creation of Adolf Hitler in the days of the Third Reich. Originally intended as a symbol of prewar prosperity, the Volkswagen, or "people's car," eventually became a key element in the Nazi war machine.With the outbreak of World War II, the production of the Volkswagen car was adapted for military use, and the Kubelwagen, German "jeep," was designed and manufactured throughout Germany. A special amphibious version, the "Schwimmwagen," was later developed and spearheaded many major German offensives. Appearing in several variants, Volkswagen vehicles became the mainstay of German command and motorized units.This detailed history of the Volkswagen in the 1930s and 1940s covers all varieties of makes and models of the Volkswagen in use during the Third Reich and is richly illustrated with rare photographs of the vehicles themselves, technical drawings, engine designs, and sales brochures of the period.

Volkswagen Military Vehicles of the Third Reich: An Illustrated History

History

Taylor, Blaine

Military

Da Capo Press

The church's ministry with older adults

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Abington Press

Real life, real faith

Abingdon

This book is the first ever illustrated study on the often photographed but never fully explained mechanical marvel, the Mercedes-Benz G-4 crosscountry touring car, the vehicle that carried Adolf Hitler across much of Europe before and during World War II. Culled from the rich photo archives of Daimler-Benz, as well as from captured German albums in U.S. archives, this work depicts the G-4 in fascinating images and detailed text. Volume 2 will cover the Daimler-Benz 770K Grosser Mercedes.

Hitler's Chariots: Mercedes-benz G-4 Cross-country Touring Car (1) (Schiffer Military History Book)

Europe

Schiffer_Publishing

This book is the first ever illustrated study devoted exclusively to the famous Mercedes 770K parade car used by Hitler during most of the 1930s, and into the 1940s, both in peace and war. Culled from the rich photo archives of Daimler-Benz - and the Hermann Goring, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Eva Braun Hitler albums on deposit in the U.S. - this study depicts the 770K in fascinating images and detailed text. Volume 1 in this series covered the Mercedes-Benz G-4 cross-country touring car also used by Hitler and other top Nazi leaders.

Hitler’s Chariots: Mercedes-benz 770k Grosser Parade Car (2)

‘This is the exciting, fascinating saga of the creation of the world’s most popular car, the famed Volkswagen Beetle, under the Nazi regime ofGerman dictator Adolf Hitler, who played a pivotal role in its design, construction, and marketing during 1933-38. It is also the story of the two Drs. Porsches who created it – Ferdinand, Sr., and his son, Ferry – as well as Dr. Robert Ley’s German Labor Frontthat built it, and Adolf Huhnlein’s Nazi Motor Corps that helped popularize driving and made motoring a reality in the Third Reich.’

Hitler's Chariots Volume Three: Volkswagen - From Nazi People's Car to New Beetle

Schiffer Military History

This work covers the models, personalities and events in the automotive history of the Third Reich. As the epitome of German engineering and design superiority, the Nazi leadership adopted Mercedes wholeheartedly.

Mercedes Benz Parade and Staff Cars of the Third Reich, 1933-45

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Leo Cooper

Blueprint for Church Renewal: John Wesley's Relevance in the 21st Century

C-Four Resources

This book discusses Sepp Dietrich, Johann Rattenhuber and the protection of Hitler.

Guarding the Fuhrer: Sepp Dietrich, Johann Rattenhuber and the Protection of Adolf Hitler

World

Pictorial Histories Publishing Co.

Blaine Taylor has written and assembled a fascinating photographic history of Adolf Hitler’s many headquarters, both before and during World War II. Taylor includes all of the private residences, offices, command posts, and even mobile headquarters from which the Nazi dictator planned his rise to power and the conquest of Europe. Taylor recounts the background and physical description of each headquarters while also relating these locations’ importance to the larger story of Nazi Germany and World War II. Restless, Hitler rarely worked at a desk and was almost always on the move during the war, with headquarters scattered throughout Germany and across the continent from the Ukraine to Belgium. Taylor describes the best-known headquarters, such as Wolf’s Lair, the Berchtesgaden complex, and the Berlin bunker, but he also includes many lesser-known ones such as Hitler’s armored train Amerika, Felsennest near the Belgian border, and the compound codenamed Tannenberg in the Black Forest. Hitler spent a fortune on these varied sites, some of which he never used. Ultimately, and perhaps fittingly, he spent his final days before committing suicide holed up in his extensive bunker deep beneath Berlin.

Hitler's Headquarters: From Beer Hall to Bunker, 1920 1945

Americas

University Of Nebraska Press

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