Jochen Thies, born in 1944 in Rauschen/East Prussia, received his PhD in modern history from Freiburg University in 1975. He was a Fellow of the German Historical Institute in London and worked for more than 30 years as a journalist and speech-writer for Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. He has published numerous books and articles in international foreign policy journals.

“…an interesting and innovative work that remains relevant to any scholars interested in Hitler’s ideology and the nature of Nazi imperialism.” · Journal of Modern History“Jochen Thies’s classic [1967] book on Hitler’s plans for world domination is available for the first time in English translation. Despite the huge and burgeoning literature on the Third Reich, the Holocaust, and the Second World War, there is relatively little written on Hitler’s ultimate goals or about the counterfactual: What would have happened if the Wehrmacht had won the campaign against the Soviet Union in the early fall of 1941?...[This] and other questions regarding Hitler’s plans cannot be answered definitely by Thies’s book, but he has given historians a very sound place to start.” · The Historian“It is high time that this extremely important, well researched, and soundly argued book on the real goals of Adolf Hitler be made accessible to the English-speaking public. At a time when one can still see foolish assertions about his wanting to revise the 1919 peace settlement, it will be especially useful for Americans to read about his concept of world domination and plans to implement it.” · Gerhard Weinberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• ForewordVolker R. BerghahnPart I. Hitler’s Ultimate Goals 1920-1933: Only new ‘Lebensraum’ in the East?IntroductionChapter 1. Hitler and his CriticsChapter 2. Current ResearchChapter 3. Mein Kampf as the Central SourceChapter 4. Hitler as Builder: Construction Plans, Armaments and a Vision of WarChapter 5. The Beginnings of a Power Politician. ‘Models’ of Imperial Rule: The Jews and BritainChapter 6. No turning back: The Aftermath of September 14, 1930Part II. Hitler as ArchitectChapter 7. Megalomania as PolicyChapter 8. Hitler’s Views on Architecture, History and ArtChapter 9. Buildings and their FunctionsChapter 10. Hitler and his Plans after 1933Chapter 11. Architecture and the Third ReichChapter 12. SummaryPart III. Hitler and Military Issues: from Whale Bay to Lake ErieChapter 13. Hitler’s Addresses to German OfficersChapter 14. The Navy’s Battleship Building Plans and Visions of World PowerChapter 15. The Me 261/264: Hitler’s Long Range BomberChapter 16. SummaryPart IV. Hitler in 1940-1941: When Visions Become RealityChapter 17. Axiomatic Geopolitics: 1950 as the ObjectiveChapter 18. The Remaining Powers after a Victory over the USSRChapter 19. Hitler’s Path to World Supremacy:The Military SolutionThe Trade WarThe “Annexation” of the WorldChapter 20. Ruling the New WorldChapter 21. The British Assessment of Hitler’s Ultimate GoalsChapter 22. Final Observations on Hitler’s Global StrategyAcknowledgementsNotesBibliographyIndex