Berlin : the downfall, 1945 /
Beevor, Antony,1946-
London ; New York : Penguin Books,
2007, c2002.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-475) and index.
Berlin in the new year -- The 'house of cards' on the Vistula -- Fire and sword and 'noble fury' -- The great winter offensive -- The charge to the Oder -- East and west -- Clearing the rear areas -- Pomerania and the Oder bridgeheads -- Objective Berlin -- The Kamarilla and the general staff -- Preparing the coup de grâce -- Waiting for the onslaught -- Amercans on the Elbe -- Eve of battle -- Zhukov on the Reitwein Spur -- Seelow and the spree -- The Führer's last birthday -- The flight of the Golden Pheasants -- The bombarded city -- False hopes -- Fighting in the city -- Fighting in the forest -- The betrayal of the will -- Führerdämmerung -- Reich Chancellery and Reichstag -- The end of the battle -- Vae victis! -- The man on the white horse.
Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945.
World War, 1939-1945