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Berlin Antony Beevor

Berlin By Antony Beevor

Berlin by Antony Beevor


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Summary

The Storming of Berlin had been the Red Army's dream of vengeance ever since the German's invasion of Russia in the summer of 1941. This book reconstitutes the experience of those millions caught up in the nightmare crescendo of the Third Reich's final defeat.

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Berlin: The Downfall: 1945 by Antony Beevor

'Fascinating, extraordinary, gripping' Jeremy Paxman

The Storming of Berlin had been the Red Army's dream of vengeance ever since the German's invasion of Russia in the summer of 1941. Antony Beevor has reconstituted the experience of those millions caught up in the nightmare crescendo of the Third Reich's final defeat.

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'Fascinating, extraordinary, gripping' Jeremy Paxman

About Antony Beevor

Antony Beevor is the author of Crete: The Battle and the Resistance (Runciman Prize), Stalingrad (Samuel Johnson Prize, Wolfson Prize for History and Hawthornden Prize), Berlin: The Downfall, The Battle for Spain (Premio La Vanguardia), D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Prix Henry Malherbe and the RUSI Westminster Medal), The Second World War, and Ardennes 1944 (Prix Medicis shortlist). The number one bestselling historian in Britain, Beevor's books have appeared in thirty-two languages and have sold just over seven million copies. A former chairman of the Society of Authors, he has received a number of honorary doctorates. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Kent and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London. He was knighted in 2017.

Table of Contents

Berlin in the New Year; The "House of Cards" on the Vistula; Fire and sword and "Noble Fury"; The great winter offensive; The charge to the Oder; East and west; Clearing the rear areas; Pomerania and the Oder bridgeheads; Objective Berlin; The Kamarilla and the general staff; Preparing the coup de grace; Waiting for the onslaught; Americans on the Elbe; Eve of battle; Zhukov on the Reitwein Spur; Seelow and the spree; The Fuhrer's last birthday; The flight of the golden pheasants; The bombarded city; False hopes; Fighting in the city; Fighting in the forest; The betrayal of the will; Fuhrerdammerung; Reich chancellery and Reichstag; The end of the battle; Vae Victis!; The man on the white horse.

Additional information

GOR001295634
9780140286960
0140286969
Berlin: The Downfall: 1945 by Antony Beevor
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
2003-04-03
528
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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