The End : The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 (Paperback)

from Schmerguls

I read Kershaw's two-volume biography of Hitler in 2001 and his Fateful Choices on 23 Oct 2007. So I was eager to read this book. It is largely based on German material and records, and sets out in rather turgid detail all that went on in Germany from July 20, 1944 till into May 1945. Military ev...

from agingcow2345

The book does a good job of explaining how Germany managed to keep fighting the last ten months from the Bomb Plot to final surrender, a period where they lost more than half their total casualties [civilian and military] and saw their entire nation overrun. I take off one star because a secondar...

from Johannes99

A superb book on how the Nazis continued the war, the slaughter and destruction, after it was clear to everyone that it was lost. It covers the period of July 1944 (the unsuccessful attempt to kill Hitler) until May 1945.

from kropferama

Germany was fighting on two fronts and out numbered by men and arsenals. Why did they keep fighting to complete destruction. Kershaw examines the mentality that kept the fighting going beyond all reason.

from fist

Detailed overview of the last months of WWII, in which the author seeks to identify the motives and the culprits for the senseless destruction that went on for much longer than necessary. Sometimes repetitive and unstructured, this book often lacks the clarity and inexorable logic of Richard Evan...