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A companion piece to "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", it reveals the darkest moment in France's modern history. William Shirer is not only a researcher of the history of France's defeat and collapse in World War II, but also a witness. He witnessed France, a military power on the European continent, helpless in the face of the invasion of Nazi Germany, and completely fell in just six weeks. How did this happen? After nearly ten years of research on the vast archives left behind and hundreds of interviews with leaders, generals, diplomats and ordinary people of the French Third Republic, Shirer gives the answer to this question in this book: France died from internal strife. This internal division and contradiction can be traced back to the 1890s, and has not been slowed down by the outbreak of war. This book records and analyzes major events that occurred in France before and after the outbreak of World War II, both at home and abroad, and details the thoughts and behaviors of the characters on all sides.

The author of "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" personally witnessed and followed up on Hitler's entire process from his rise to his demise. He witnessed Hitler's demagogic inauguration speech, his arrogance after the three-month destruction of Poland, and his contemptuous arrogance in accepting France's surrender. There are many people who have written biographies of Hitler, but very few have actually seen Hitler in person. In 1934, before the outbreak of World War II, William Shirer, who was then a reporter for Columbia Company in Germany and later became a leading historian, came to Berlin and began a long-term follow-up report on Hitler. He witnessed with his own eyes Hitler's step-by-step rise from the pinnacle of power to destruction. Open this book and experience the real Hitler in the eyes of a historical witness.