The Third Reich Trilogy is a series of three narrative history books by British historian Richard J. Evans, covering the rise and collapse of Nazi Germany in detail, with a focus on the internal politics and the decision-making process.
[2][3][4] According to Ian Kershaw, it is "the most comprehensive history in any language of the disastrous epoch of the Third Reich".
It describes the origins of the Nazi Party and the circumstances that led to its gaining control of the Weimar Republic, covering the period from the unification of Germany in 1871 through the First World War and the interwar period to 1933, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seized power in Germany.
It describes how Hitler transformed Germany into a totalitarian dictatorship during the 1930s, picking up where the first volume left off, and ending with the start of World War II in September 1939.
[8] On Bookmarks Magazine Jul/Aug 2009 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, The Third Reich at War received a (4.5 out of 5) based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Evans receives a hero’s welcome in the press as he lays his final World War II tome, a towering, somber achievement of scholarship and narrative, to rest".