Göring. A Biography

 In Rome the Reichsmarschall made no attempt to consult with Italy’s foreign minister, Ciano (who learned of this dia- mond-f ...

 arms industrialists at the Air Ministry. “The Ministry of Muni- tions,” he reminded Speer some weeks later, “was set up at m ...

 posed to the silly talk and insolence of the simpler womenfolk.” Oblivious of Germany’s crucial manpower shortages, Göring w ...

 had bombed Paris, killing eight hundred Frenchmen. Hitler’s first instinct had been to demand reprisals against London. “Tha ...

 ily to those in power, Göring was ruthless in campaigning against corruption among others. He forbade Professor Messer- schm ...

 already plundered the west’s gold, foreign currency, and jewels. Now he set up an External Agency West (Aussenstelle West) t ...

 nonetheless lectured his Luftflotte commanders at Rominten about the need to show no quarter to the Soviets: “The Russian,” ...

 Hitler that the minister’s sixty-five-year-old Staatssekretär, Wil- helm Kleinmann, was to blame for the railway chaos. Acti ...

 people had died in the raid. But the wire services brought the sensational news that Churchill had solemnly announced in Lon ...

   The Road to Stalingrad “Hitler had told me,” Göring reminisced later, “that he pro- posed to consider the Russian ...

 versation turned to procuring vegetable oils from North Africa, Göring affably launched into a discourse on how he was stock ...

 “The Russians have wrecked everything,” was the explana- tion. “So we have to rebuild from scratch.” “Getting oil wells work ...

 were not for sale. Even under occupation law, Göring had to tread very carefully. Her husband agreed  if suitably bribed  ...

 tapestries.” The gods of war did not stand aside while Göring indulged his muses. In June  his defenses shot down their ...

 to trade with the peasants, and a woman gave him a dozen fresh eggs for each of them. “The boxes were quite empty,” laughed ...

 part with anything for money, but they do barter.... For face powder you can get butter or anything you want. So let’s buy u ...

 : You’d make a great fiction writer, Mr. Lohse  : They’re reports from the police and Wehrmacht! :  If th ...

 its work cut out to find any enemy troops at all, in wide-open terrain.” Hitler was in no mood to listen to the army’s defen ...

 with their famous B- Flying Fortress squadrons. The bomber flew fast and high. It was heavily armored and equipped with el ...

 army. It was a bitter blow. He offered to set up twenty Luftwaffe “field divisions” instead, and Hitler relented. It was a c ...