The Last 100 Days The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe

by TOLAND, JOHN

• ISBN13: 9780812968590
• ISBN10: 081296859X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-27
• Publisher: Modern Library

Summary

A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe,The Last 100 Daysbrings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich. To reconstruct the tumultuous hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, John Toland traveled more than 100,000 miles in twenty-one countries and interviewed more than six hundred peoplefrom Hitler's personal chauffeur to Generals von Manteuffel, Wenck, and Heinrici; from underground leaders to diplomats; from top Allied field commanders to brave young GIs. Toland adeptly weaves together these interviews using research from thousands of primary sources. When it was first published,The Last 100 Daysmade history, revealing after-action reports, staff journals, and top-secret messages and personal documents previously unavailable to historians. Since that time, it has come to be regarded as one of the greatest historical narratives of the twentieth century.

Author Biography

John Toland was one of the most widely read military historians of the twentieth century. His many books include Ships in the Sky; Battle: The Story of the Bulge; But Not in Shame; The Rising Sun; Adolf Hitler; and No Man’s Land. Originally from Wisconsin, he lived in Connecticut for many years with his wife.

Table of Contents

Author's Note
Map
The Great Offensive
Floodtide East	p. 3
"Five Minutes Before Midnight"	p. 26
"This May Well Be a Fateful Conference"	p. 40
"Bread for Bread, Blood for Blood!"	p. 66
"Judge Roosevelt Approves"	p. 85
The Balkan Cockpit	p. 117
Operation "Thunderclap"	p. 130
War and Peace	p. 150
Drive from the West
"An Iron Curtain Will Go Down"	p. 171
Ebb and Flow	p. 182
"What If It Blows Up in My Face?"	p. 193
"I Am Fighting for the Work of the Lord"	p. 226
Operation "Sunrise"	p. 238
The Shell House	p. 248
Between Two Rivers	p. 254
"We Have Had a Jolly Day"	p. 270
Task Force Baum	p. 285
Decision at Rheims	p. 300
The Rose Pocket	p. 320
East Meets West
"O-5"	p. 337
"Such Vile Misrepresentations"	p. 356
Victory in the West	p. 383
"On the Razor's Edge"	p. 397
"The Fuhrer Is in a State of Collapse!"	p. 421
"We Must Build a New World, a Far Better World"	p. 443
Wingless Victory
"Pheasant Hunt"	p. 463
An "Italian Solution"	p. 475
Death Comes to a Dictator	p. 489
"The Chief Is Dead"	p. 514
"And Now You Stab Us in the Back"	p. 535
"The Iron Curtain in the East Moves Closer and Closer"	p. 543
Beginning of a Long Surrender	p. 555
"The Flags of Freedom Fly All Over Europe"	p. 570
Acknowledgments	p. 591
Notes	p. 595
Index	p. 611
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