Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich
Volker Ullrich tr. Jefferson Chase
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Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich
Volker Ullrich tr. Jefferson Chase
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
... a gripping, immaculately researched retelling.
... excellent and admirably succinct.
... vivid, fast-paced prose.
... reads like a thriller 'who dunnit.' As each day unfolds the reader feels the tension and drama as World War II wrenches to a close. The level of detail is fascinating, providing ample grist and satisfaction for World War II history buffs. The book tells a story of what happened after Hitler that few know about. By far, one of the best and unique books on the end of the war in years..
Ullrich provides a sweeping view of Germany’s collapse: he documents the regime’s last-minute power struggles, sexual violence and plundering inflicted by the Soviet army, death marches and massacres of prisoners of war and forced laborers by diehard Nazis, and brutal sieges and battles. Most intriguingly, he recounts the formation of postwar German leadership.
This vivid account by historian Ullrich renders the death throes of the Third Reich in riveting detail.
The author delivers a richly textured day-by-day account of that week in Germany and in parts of German-occupied Europe.