TY - BOOK AU - Beevor,Antony TI - The fall of Berlin, 1945 SN - 0670030414 AV - D 757.9.B4 B418 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Viking KW - Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945 KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Germany KW - Berlin KW - Destruction and pillage KW - Veldslagen KW - gtt KW - Tweede Wereldoorlog KW - Berlin, Bataille de, 1945 KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 KW - Allemagne KW - Kriegsende KW - swd KW - Weltkrieg II KW - idsbb KW - Berlin, Bataille de (1945) KW - ram KW - Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) KW - Berlin (Allemagne) KW - Berlin (Germany) KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Destruction et pillage N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-475) and index; 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 gr�ace -- Waiting for the onslaught -- Americans on the Elbe -- Eve of battle -- Zhukov on the Reitwein spur -- Seelow and the spree -- The F�uhrer'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 -- F�uhrerd�ammerung -- Reich Chancellery and Reichstag -- The end of the battle -- Vae victis! -- The man on the white horse N2 - Chronicles the horror of Berlin's fall to the Soviets in 1945, recalling the starvation, exposure, artillery fire, rape, and mass destruction that marked the Red Army's final push on Germany's capital UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002510674-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002510674-d.html ER -