Endgame, 1945 The Missing Final Chapter of World War II

by Stafford, David

• ISBN13: 9780316035996
• ISBN10: 0316035998
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-11
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

To End a History of World War II in Europe at VE Day is to leave the tale only partially told. While the war may have seemed all but over, the days that followed were filled with extraordinary events, many of them long hidden from view, that bespeak a different, much richer story.

Author Biography

A leading writer on military intelligence and project director at the Center for Second World War Studies at the University of Edinburgh, David Stafford is the author of Churchill and the Secret Service, Spies Beneath Berlin, and Ten Days to D-Day.-á

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Maps	p. xx
Friday, 20 April 1945
Cruel Spring	p. 3
"Sorrow and darkness"	p. 30
Avenging Justice	p. 60
"A Curious Pearly Color"	p. 80
"To Tall Heroically"	p. 99
"Ich War Immer Dagegen"	p. 117
20-30 April 1945
"A Sort of Alice in Wonderland Air"	p. 141
"The Most Degenerate Spectacle"	p. 159
Death of a Dictator	p. 179
Himmler's Bid	p. 196
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"	p. 210
Alpine Refuge	p. 233
"Death Fled"	p. 248
"The Bitterest Battle"	p. 264
Hitler's Death To VE Day
Dealing with Nazis	p. 279
The Cap Arcona	p. 291
"The Dead-End of Hitler's Reich"	p. 307
Hitler's Loot	p. 320
"The Dawn Has Broken through at Last"	p. 341
VE Day To Potsdam
VE Day	p. 361
"Fortune Is Not Always Jay"	p. 387
"A Grotesque Comerly"	p. 407
"An Iron Curtain"	p. 423
"You Lost People as you Gained Your Freedom"	p. 442
Berlin: The Gray City	p. 464
Monday, 16 July 1945	p. 482
"Other Beasts in Other Lairs"	p. 502
Epilogue: What Happened to Them?	p. 516
Notes	p. 527
Bibliography	p. 555
Index	p. 569
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