1941: The Year Germany Lost the War

Andrew Nagorski discussed his new book, "1941: The Year Germany Lost the War," where he describes how Hitler's miscalculations and policy of terror propelled Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin into a powerful new alliance that defeated Nazi Germany. Andrew Nagorski is an award-winning American journalist and author who spent more than three decades as a foreign correspondent and editor, serving in Berlin, Bonn, Rome, Moscow and Warsaw. His earlier books relate to Germany, Poland, Russia and Eastern Europe in general. His new book makes use of personal interviews and more recent literature on the crucial year of 1941 to expose the pivotal moments, actions and decisions that produced the outcomes of World War II that are usually taken for granted. For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8989