THE MOST PURCHASED IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH
Explicitly and in terrifying detail, it highlights the brutal death of Hitler's Reich at the hands of the fierce Red Army. Antony Beevor reconstructs the experiences of millions trapped in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse, narrating a chilling story of pride, folly, fanaticism, vengeance, and brutality - but also a story of remarkable resilience, self-sacrifice, and survival against all odds.
The political guidance of the Soviet troops emphasized the cruelty of the Wehrmacht and the SS, resulting in the most terrifying triumph of fire and waste humanity has known, with tanks crushing humanitarian supports and hundreds of thousands of women and children dying from the cold or being slaughtered.
Reviews recognize the book as "terrifyingly recognizable and deeply researched," "a powerful and beautifully written work," while characterizing it as "revealing and riveting." Beevor combines the understanding of a military reality with the idiom of a novelist.
Pages: 560, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm
