Ebook: After Hitler: the last days of the Second World War in Europe
Author: Jones Michael K
- Tags: Atrocities, Diplomatic history, Social aspects, World War 1939-1945--Atrocities, World War 1939-1945--Diplomatic history, World War 1939-1945--Europe--End, World War 1939-1945--Social aspects, Electronic books, World War 1939-1945 -- Europe -- End, World War 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history, World War 1939-1945 -- Social aspects, World War 1939-1945 -- Atrocities, Europe
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- City: Europe
- Language: English
- epub
With the world at war, ten days can feel like a lifetime....
On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin. But victory over the Nazi regime was not celebrated in western Europe until May 8, and in Russia a day later, on the ninth. Why did a peace agreement take so much time? How did this brutal, protracted conflict coalesce into its unlikely endgame?
After Hitler shines a light on ten fascinating days after that infamous suicide that changed the course of the twentieth century. Combining exhaustive research with masterfully paced storytelling, Michael Jones recounts the Führer's frantic last stand; the devious maneuverings of his handpicked successor, Karl Dönitz; the grudging respect Joseph Stalin had for Churchill and FDR, as well as his...