Unknown Enemy: The Hidden Nazi Force That Built the Third Reich

The harrowing true story of Organisation Todt, the builders-turned-killers at the center of the Nazi war machine....
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Author: Charles Dick
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Unknown Enemy: The Hidden Nazi Force That Built the Third Reich by Dick, Charles

Unknown Enemy: The Hidden Nazi Force That Built the Third Reich

$29.99

Unknown Enemy: The Hidden Nazi Force That Built the Third Reich

$29.99
Author: Charles Dick
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The harrowing true story of Organisation Todt, the builders-turned-killers at the center of the Nazi war machine.

Adolf Hitler described the Organisation Todt as "the greatest construction organization of all time." It was from this organization, headed by Albert Speer, that Hitler enlisted the nation's leading engineers and architects to build his empire of dreams. In time, it became a key partner to the SS and the Wehrmacht and led to the deaths of millions.

Unknown Enemy reveals the full extent of the OT and its long arm across Europe and the Reich. In wartime, its operations relied mainly on Germany's slave labor system, the largest exploitation of foreign labor since the end of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Charles Dick takes us inside the OT's vast building projects throughout German-occupied Europe, from the Arctic circle to the Balkans, to tell the story of how engineers and builders-so-called "ordinary men"-perpetrated some of the gravest war crimes under its banner.

Despite its extensive network, the Organisation Todt largely managed to slip under the radar of war prosecutors after Germany's defeat. Drawing on extensive new research, first-person accounts and survivor testimony, Unknown Enemy finally unearths its dark story.

Author: Charles Dick
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 11/11/2025
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.57w x 1.24d
ISBN: 9781639737444


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2025
Booklist 11/01/2025

About the Author
Charles Dick is an independent scholar who obtained his PhD from Birkbeck, University of London. He was a journalist for Reuters News Agency (later Thomson Reuters) in North Africa, Bonn, Paris, Vienna and London over a thirty-five-year-career. He lives in London.

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