Berlin - The Downfall, 1945 (Hardcover)

The storming of Berlin had been the Red Army's dream of vengeance ever since the German's invasion of Russia in the summer of 1941. Soviet soldiers had many accounts to settle when they finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. The result was the battle for Berlin; the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with mass rape, murder, pillage and destruction.

Antony Beevor has reconstituted the experience of those millions caught up in the nightmare crescendo of the Third Reich's final defeat. Berlin is the unforgettable story of those men, women and children who suffered to the end from folly, cruelty and the naked exercise of power on a scale that is almost incomprehensible.

What the editor says: "Antony Beevor has managed to maintain the high standard he set himself with Stalingrad. Parts of the book make terrible reading as it covers the five awful months from January to May in 1945 with the Soviet and other Allied troops pressing in on Berlin. This book is an extraordinary achievement and is superbly researched and Antony's skill lies in focusing on the big picture whilst also covering the impact on ordinary people's lives. This is an important book which will be read for generations to come."

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