Inspired by a recent post located here (http://sciforums.com/showthread.php?p=2477289#post2477289), I decided to create this thread in the attempt to analize Germany and the German people during World War II with a strong focus on the opinions of the German people regarding Hitler and the events that took place before, during and after the war. So if anyone has any references, links or information, please feel free to post here.

I would like to cover the subjects of:
* Employment
* Income
* Military Enlistment Numbers
* Technological Advances
* Important Social Events
* Approval Ratings

The ultimate goal of this thread is to understand the positions and freedoms (or lack thereof) of the German people as a whole during that era. I do ask, that unless it pertains to the ordinary German citizens, that we steer away from discussing the military side of things. I want to focus more on the social issues and events of the time.

IIRC Len Deighton's book Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=deighton+dunkirk&x=0&y=0) has the early chapters covering, as it says, the rise of Hitler and some of the politics behind that rise.
It's cheap and accessible to start with.

IIRC Len Deighton's book Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=deighton+dunkirk&x=0&y=0) has the early chapters covering, as it says, the rise of Hitler and some of the politics behind that rise.
It's cheap and accessible to start with.

Thank you!

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I suggest Adam Tooze's The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy (http://www.amazon.com/Wages-Destruction-Making-Breaking-Economy/dp/0713995661), in which the author dispels the myth of the nazi "economic miracle", reveals the paltry extent of the "prosperity" they brought to Germany, and expounds the economic voodoo they utilized to bob and weave from crisis to crisis until plunging into war at Hitler's insistance that waiting any longer could only serve to raise the odds further against Germany.