Written by one of the world's leading experts on the Eastern Front, this captivating history explores the final battle for Berlin and the heart of Germany. Written by one of the world's leading experts on the Eastern Front, this captivating history explores the final battle for Berlin and the heart of Germany.
This sweeping saga takes us from the banks of the River Oder as the Red Army begins it relentless drive towards the still beating heart of the Third Reich: Berlin. Only the Seelow Heights stood between the Soviet forces and the capital. Over the course of three days in May 1945 almost one million Soviet troops would attack these final entrenched positions. Once these defences were breached it was guaranteed that a bitter street-by-street battle would take place in the city itself between a vengeful Red Army and desperate, fanatical Nazis until final capitulation. Using vivid first-hand accounts, Prit Buttar reveals the brutal combat that defined the final death throes of the Third Reich.
Not only was the outcome of the war at stake. As the Red Army rolled into Berlin this was already a foregone conclusion even if it would take its toll in blood. Already battle lines for the forthcoming Cold War were being drawn. Stalin, fearful that the Western Powers would not honour their agreements, was determined to have boots on the ground to ensure his control of what would become the Soviet occupation zone.
Berlin: Endgame 1945 is the brilliant account of the ferocious climax to World War II and a chilling prologue to the Cold War.
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The best military account of Berlin. * Peter Caddick-Adams *
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Written by one of the world's leading experts on the Eastern Front, this captivating history explores the final battle for Berlin and the heart of Germany.
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Dramatis Personae
Introduction: The Road to Berlin
Chapter 1: The City on the Spree
Chapter 2: Call Me Meier
Chapter 3: Preparing for the Last Stand: The German Defences
Chapter 4: The Red Army: Plans For Vengeance
Chapter 5: The Storm Bursts: 16 April
Chapter 6: Breakthrough: 1718 April
Chapter 7: To the Gates of Berlin: 1920 April
Chapter 8: Der Krieg ist verloren: 2122 April
Chapter 9: Into the City: 2325 April
Chapter 10: Disintegration: 2628 April
Chapter 11: The Bitterest of Ends: Berlin, 29 April2 May
Chapter 12: The Roads to the West: 29 April8 May
Chapter 13: Conclusion: An Uneasy Silence
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he worked as a general practitioner. An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history, his most recent titles include the critically acclaimed new history of the siege of Leningrad: To Besiege A City: Leningrad 194142 and Hero City: Leningrad 194344. He lives in Kirkcudbright, Scotland.
