Fallen Eagle: The Last Days of the Third Reich - Couverture rigide

Cross, Robin

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ISBN 10 : 1854797360 ISBN 13 : 9781854797360

Editeur : Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

This book provides a view of the closing months of World War II in Europe through to the early days of the Cold War which succeeded it. The year 1945 opens with fighting in Holland and the Lower Rhine. In the East, on 12 January, the greatest offensive of the war begins in fog and snow as the Soviets break through German lines on the Vistula, 125 miles south of Warsaw. Hitler, in his Berlin bunker, does not see the destruction of Dresden. As the Allies march on Berlin they find the evidence of the Nazi concentration camps. With Hitler's suicide, German armies surrender to Eisenhower on the 7th May. The Allies uneasy alliance fractures and the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the Western powers begins. The Soviets blockade Berlin but the city is relieved by a massive airlift. From privates to presidents, "Fallen Eagle" brings to life the personal, political and military dramas which altered the map of Europe for half a century.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

“This superb book is a must for World War II enthusiasts.”
Chroma

After more than four years of total war the armies of Europe were exhausted. The Allies were determined to bring the war in Europe to an end as quickly as possible and with the minimum of bloodshed. But the Germans, although they could see the war was lost, were by no means prepared to yield. Indeed, the fighting during 1945 was to be some of the bitterest of the war.

In the East, Stalin’s mighty war machine began a crushing offensive. Beginning in swirling fog and snow, the Soviet steamroller crashed through the German lines on the Vistula, 125 miles south of Warsaw. Soon Russian armoured columns were driving across the Polish plain towards the Oder, Germany’s historic frontier with the East, creating panic in East Prussia. In the West, Eisenhower and Montgomery joined the race to destroy the heart of Nazi Germany and defend Europe against Stalin’s vaulting ambition.

So began one of the most crucial years in the history of the world which was to climax in the desperate battle for Berlin. The gripping story of the final days of the Third Reich is told in graphic detail – the unfolding drama revealed through the eyes of soldier and civilian, private, general and refugee.

In a sweeping panorama, which finds room for the individual human drama within the titanic clash of arms, Robin Cross paints an unforgettable picture of a world in chaos. By the end of 1945, Europe had new frontiers, friends had become deadly enemies and an uneasy peace threatened to transform Cold War in to a third world war.

This is the story of how the eagle was toppled from the roof the Berlin Chancellery and the Russian bear stretched its claws to seize a Europe shattered by war.

Biographie de l'auteur

ROBIN CROSS is a military historian whose books include VE Day: Victory in Europe 1945 (1985) and We’ll Meet Again, with Vera Lynn (1989) both of which were bestsellers. He is also the author The Bombers: Strategy and Tactics (1986), Citadel: The Battle of Kursk (1993), In Memoriam: Remembering the Great War (2008), Hitler: An Illustrated Life (2009) and 50 Events You Really Need to Know About the History of War (2012). He has written and directed over 150 television programmes, most of them dealing with World War II and the Cold War. He has also worked for the Sunday Express and the Daily Telegraph, for whom he reported on the first Gulf War.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1854797360
• ISBN 13: 9781854797360
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible