The fall of Berlin, 1945 / Antony Beevor.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Viking, c2002.Description: xxxvii, 489 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0670030414
  • 9780670030415
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Fall of Berlin, 1945.LOC classification:
  • D 757.9.B4 B418 2002
Online resources:
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 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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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