Berlin : the downfall, 1945 / Antony Beevor
2002, 6th Edition or Higher. London ; New York : Viking. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #433077
ISBN: 0670886955
Physical description; xxxvii, 489 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-475) and index. Contents; Berlin in the new year -- 'House of cards" on the Vistula -- Fire and sword and 'noble fury' -- Great winter offensive -- Charge to the Oder -- East and west -- Clearing the rear ares -- Pomerania and the Oder bridgeheads -- Objective Berlin -- Kamarilla and the general staff -- Preparing the coup de grâce -- Waiting for the onslaught -- Americans on the Elbe -- Eve of battle -- Zhukov on the Reitwein spur -- Seelow and the spree -- Führer's last birthday -- Flight of the golden pheasants -- Bombarded city -- False hopes -- Fighting in the city -- Fighting in the forest -- Betrayal of the will -- Führerdämmerung -- Reich chancellery and Reichstag -- End of the battle -- Vae victis! -- Man on the white horse. Subjects; Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945. Germany Heer. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Armiya. King (David) Collection. Berlin, Battle of (Germany : 1945). World War (1939-1945). 1945. 1918-1990. 1939-1945. Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945. European History. Military campaigns.
Price: €14.95