The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe (Modern Library War) - Softcover

"Fascinating . . . The narrative shifts from scene to intimate scene of every conference room . . . from liberated camp to Hitler's underground bunker, to GIs storming the railroad bridge across the Rhine. . . . Toland has woven the tapestry of history." --Chicago Tribune

"A hundred stories fill out these hundred days--portraits, battle plans, ironies, feats of espionage, mass brutalities, insanity, diplomats, generals, soldiers, snipers, the cool and the fanatic. Hitler's horoscope, what General Eisenhower was reading on the morning of surrender, Quisling's final auto ride, orders,
counterorders, impatient statesmen, conflicting strategies, the stench of fire and death, telegrams to Moscow, plunging armies, straggling refugees. . . . In fascinating and exhaustively researched detail--it is all here!" --The New York Times

"Brilliant . . . The reader is in suspense throughout. . . . Each scene is played out close-up and point-blank, as if one were there, listening to the dialogue, counting the stakes, feeling the emotions of the principals." --The New York Times Book Review

A detailed history of the end of World War II in Europe chronicles the final one hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, drawing on hundreds of interviews with military officers on both sides, diplomats, underground leaders, and others, as well as a variety of additional primary sources. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.