Endgame, 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of World War II - Couverture souple

Stafford, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0316035998 ISBN 13 : 9780316035996

Editeur : Back Bay Books, 2009

Synopsis

To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. Endgame 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine men and women, ranging from soldiers to POWs to war correspondents, who witnessed firsthand the Allied struggle to finish the terrible game at last.

Endgame 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine men and women, ranging from soldiers to POWs to war correspondents, who witnessed firsthand the Allied struggle to finish the terrible game at last.

Through their ground-level movements, Stafford traces the elaborate web of events that led to the war's real resolution: the deaths of Hitler and Mussolini, the liberation of Buchenwald and Dachau, and the Allies' race with the Red Army to establish a victors' foothold in Europe, to name a few. From Hitler's April decision never to surrender to the start of the Potsdam Conference, Stafford brings an unprecedented focus to the war's "final chapter."

Narrative history at its most compelling, Endgame 1945 is the riveting story of three turbulent months that truly shaped the modern world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

A leading writer on military intelligence and project director at the Center for Second World War Studies at the University of Edinburgh, David Stafford is the author of Churchill and the Secret Service, Spies Beneath Berlin, and Ten Days to D-Day.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Back Bay Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0316035998
• ISBN 13: 9780316035996
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 626
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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