ARMAGEDDON: The Battle for Germany 1944–1945
Max Hastings, Sir, . . Knopf, $30 (640pp) ISBN 978-0-375-41433-6
This huge and splendid volume tells the grim tale of the final collapse of the Third Reich. It does so from the viewpoints of the upper millstone (the Western Allies), the lower millstone (the Russians) and the grain being ground in between (the Germans). The research includes previously untapped Russian archives (particularly in the accounts of Soviet veterans) and leads to a gripping and horrifying story that serious students of military history will find almost impossible to put down. The blunders recounted are numerous, from the Allied failure to open Antwerp in the fall of 1944 to the Russian frontal assault on Berlin, and the
Reviewed on: 10/04/2004
Genre: Nonfiction
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