The Fall of Berlin, 1945 (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Beevor
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: Winter and spring of 1945
- Setting: Berlin, Germany
- Principal Characters: Joseph Stalin, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Georgi K. Zhukov, Ivan Konev, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Heinz Guderian, Heinrich Himmler, Dwight David Eisenhower
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Suicide, Twentieth century, 1940’s, World War II, Victims, War, Death or dying, Military life or service, Soldiers, Nazism or Nazis, Bombs, Terrorism or terrorists, Germany or German people, Massacres, Soviet Union or Soviets, Concentration camps, Berlin, Military art or science
- Locales: Berlin, Germany
Only a few years ago, anyone willing to cross the Berlin Wall could easily imagine the desperate fighting that took place in the heart of this city in early 1945. Today this same visitor has to look hard and in the right places to see war damage or locate important sites such as Hitler’s underground chancery. Thus, in 2003, as in 1933 or 1943, it is difficult to imagine the terrible fate that befell Berlin in those weeks. It is fitting that Anthony Beevor follows up his widely acclaimed volume on Stalingrad with this story of the equally hard-fought battle for Berlin, one in which...
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