Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman

Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman offers a compelling behind-the-scenes exploration of the road to World War II and the invasion of Poland by the Hitler's Third Reich. Focusing on the personal power plays within Hitler's inner circle, author Rush Loving details the struggle for Hitler's approval, long before the battle for Poland had begun. The rivalry was between Fat Boy," the moniker given to Hermann G?oring by his fellow Nazi generals, and "the Champagne Salesman," Joachim von Ribbentrop, nicknamedfor his previous career, and it was at the heart of German's plans for the expansion of the Reich into Poland. G?oring, founder of the L?uftwaffe and the man who oversaw the armaments industry, was convinced that any invasion of Poland would lead to war with England and France, who were committed to its defense. Von Ribbentrop, Hitler's foreign minister, argued that the Allies would stand down and continue their policy of appeasement. Only one would be proved correct. A compelling and dramatic tale, Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman shows G?oring and Ribbentrop playing a tug-of-war with Hitler's will. Loving's vivid narrative of the struggle between the two advisers lends a new understanding of the events leading to the opening days of World War II"--