Dimensions
163 x 242 x 40mm
The first book to chronicle precisely what happened after VE Day, May 1945. This is a story of the end of the dictators, the hunt for their henchmen, and the revelations of their misdeeds. It is also the crucial race with the Red Army to be the first to reach Lubeck on the Baltic and Trieste on the Adriactic - The result will determine the geopolitical shape of Europe for the next fifty years.
It remains an astonishingly untold story. Most histories of the war in Europe conclude with the unconditional surrender of German forces on 8 May 1945. This book will shine a spotlight on its remarkable and momentous final chapter. As the Red army encircles Berlin, Adolf Hitler decides to die in his underground bunker. Ten weeks later, on 4 July, American and British forces march into the devasted capital of the 'Thousand Year Reich.' In the seventy days between Hitler's fateful decision on 22 April and the allies' entry into Berlin, Europe witnesses some of the most dramatic and telling episodes of the Second World War.
