bridycritch's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

3.5 stars, but rounding up. Lots of dry military history in the beginning (which I don’t enjoy), but ends with a very political/cultural reflection of the finality of the third Reich.

dbeck88's review against another edition

Go to review page

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

rory63's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

catvalverde's review against another edition

Go to review page

informative mysterious fast-paced

4.25

justjill63's review against another edition

Go to review page

5.0

An in-depth accounting of the last days of the Third Reich. The author gives us an up-close view of Germany’s collapse: the arrogant power struggles of the Nazi high command; the rape, violence, and plundering inflicted by the Soviet army in Berlin, death marches and massacres of prisoners of war and forced laborers by diehard Nazis.

An excellent read.

michielmennen's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

Very interesting read, giving a lot of detail, context and different perspectives on the final collapse and subsequent chaos of Nazi Germany. It enriched my understanding of how surrender negotiations work, what happened to the people of Germany after war ended and how the Allied and Soviet forces determined the future of Germany during those pivotal days at the end of the war.

mjwbmsa's review against another edition

Go to review page

informative medium-paced

5.0

A riveting account of the 8 days after Hitler committed suicide with the political wrangling between the Soviet Union and the allies over the territory of Germany and the “unconditional surrender” of the German Wehrmacht. The terrible impact on Jewish and POW prisoners as the Germans tried to destroy evidence of their atrocities is described in heart wrenching detail. 

liamjackson1's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

lottie1803's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

adampveldman's review against another edition

Go to review page

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0