The Fall of Berlin
Publisher: Konecky & Konecky
Published: May 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781568523330
Subjects: Berlin; Germany; History; History / Europe; Military - World War II; World War, 1939-1945; 1933-1945; Berlin (Germany); Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945; National socialism; History / Military / World War II
First sentence: IT WAS an extraordinary sight-General Hermann Goring, prime minister of Prussia, president of the German Reichstag, minister for air, commander-in -chief of the Luftwaffe, creature of the Gestapo and second only to Hitler himself in the Nazi hierarchy, sitting 'wreatched in smiles and orders and decorations' astride a carousel horse in a Tyrolean-style carnival.