Bibliograph

Armageddon, the battle for Germany, 1944-1945, Max Hastings

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Armageddon, the battle for Germany, 1944-1945, Max Hastings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Armageddon

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

43231360527576

Responsibility statement

Max Hastings

Sub title

the battle for Germany, 1944-1945

Summary

In September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler?s army was beaten, and expected that the war would be over by Christmas. But the disastrous Allied airborne landing in Holland, American setbacks on the German border and in the H?rtgen Forest, together with the bitter Battle of the Bulge, drastically altered that timetable. Hastings tells the story of both the Eastern and Western Fronts, and paints a vivid portrait of the Red Army?s onslaught on Hitler?s empire. He has searched the archives of the major combatants and interviewed 170 survivors to give us an unprecedented understanding of how the great battles were fought, and of their human impact on American, British, German, and Russian soldiers and civilians.

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