Tahoe Douglas Rotary speaker: James Ellman about his book "Hitler’s Great Gamble”

The Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club will host researcher and author James Ellman during their virtual meeting on Friday, November 6.

Ellman will discuss his book, Hitler's Great Gamble: A New Look at German Strategy, Operation Barbarossa, and the Axis Defeat in World War II, during the 12:00 p.m. meeting and the public is invited to attend.

On June 22, 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, one of the turning points of World War II. Within six months, the invasion bogged down on the outskirts of Moscow, and the Eastern Front proved to be the decisive theater in the defeat of the Third Reich. Ever since, most historians have agreed that this was Hitler’s gravest mistake. In his book, Ellman argues that while Barbarossa was a gamble and perverted by genocidal Nazi ideology, it was not doomed from the start. Rather it represented Hitler’s best chance to achieve his war aims for Germany which were remarkably similar to those of the Kaiser’s government in 1914.

To find out more about this Rotary meeting and how to participate, click HERE.

James Ellman holds a bachelor's degree in history and economics from Tufts and an MBA from Harvard University. A former hedge fund manager and field examiner for The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he shelters-in-place near San Francisco, California with his wife and two sons.

Tahoe Douglas Rotary has served the community since 1962. For more information about the club, visit https://portal.clubrunner.ca/8368/.