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The Fall of Berlin 1945
The Fall of Berlin 1945 | Antony Beevor
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"A tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal."—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Beevor's latest book Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge is now available from Viking Books The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Third Reich in January 1945. Frenzied by their terrible experiences with Wehrmacht and SS brutality, they wreaked havoc—tanks crushing refugee columns, mass rape, pillage, and unimaginable destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women are children froze to death or were massacred; more than seven million fled westward from the fury of the Red Army. It was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known. Antony Beevor has reconstructed the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse. The Fall of Berlin is a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanaticism, revenge, and savagery, yet it is also one of astonishing endurance, self-sacrifice, and survival against all odds. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Duff1994
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Spooks101
The Fall of Berlin 1945 | Antony Beevor
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I remember reading this several years ago, not long after reading Stalingrad. As with all of Antony Beevor's books it is packed with detail, from personal accounts to the statistics of losses on both sides. It begins as the last battles of the war in Europe are played out and the end of the Nazi regime is nigh. The book is at times brutal in its honestly, but this is necessary for this climatic battle. A must read.

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pikusaik
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Start with Beevor's World War II and then go through the rest. Well written. Insightful. Well researched.

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Panzer
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Great read brought the personnel experience of those who were there to life