Armageddon

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Armageddon telis the story of the climactic months of the Second World War, the destruction of Hitlers Germany. Max Hastings has researched archives in four countries and interviewed 170 witnesses to piece together a saga that is at once fascinating military history and the greatest humán tragedy of the twentieth century. Somé episodes, such as Arnhem and the Battle of the Bulge, are famous. Others, such as the Red Army's devastating drive across East Prussia, which caused the deaths of at least a millión people in the 'season of blood and ice', are almost unknown in the West. In this compelling study, the author addresses the big humán and military questions. Why did the Allies not win the war in 1944, when they were vastly stronger than the Germans? Why did the Russians produce the best generals? What was it like to fight in the British, American, Germán and Soviet armies? This book embraces the fates of more than a hundred millión people, from the tragic teenage fanatics who died... Tovább

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Armageddon telis the story of the climactic months of the Second World War, the destruction of Hitlers Germany. Max Hastings has researched archives in four countries and interviewed 170 witnesses to piece together a saga that is at once fascinating military history and the greatest humán tragedy of the twentieth century. Somé episodes, such as Arnhem and the Battle of the Bulge, are famous. Others, such as the Red Army's devastating drive across East Prussia, which caused the deaths of at least a millión people in the 'season of blood and ice', are almost unknown in the West. In this compelling study, the author addresses the big humán and military questions. Why did the Allies not win the war in 1944, when they were vastly stronger than the Germans? Why did the Russians produce the best generals? What was it like to fight in the British, American, Germán and Soviet armies? This book embraces the fates of more than a hundred millión people, from the tragic teenage fanatics who died in the ruins of Hitler's Reich to the British 'Tommies' who simply yearned to finish a painful job and go home. Few books on the Second World War have so vividly brought together the story of the battlefields, east and west, with the decisions of the generals and the impact of great events upon ordinary soldiers and civilians. 'Fiiled with valuable insights and good judgement ... In this grand overview Hastings has again made a magnifícent contribution to our understanding of the period' Antony Beevor, Sunday Telegraph 'Admirable ... a monumental study of totál war and what it entailed' W. F. Deedes, Spectator 'Gripping . . . Hastings, already a supreme exponent of important arguments in military history to a generál readership, finds a new dimension Hew Strachan, Sunday Times Vissza