The Fall of Berlin 1945

Synopsis

"a tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal. "—jonathan yardley, the washington postthe red army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the third reich in january 1945. Frenzied by their terrible experiences with wehrmacht and ss brutality, they wreaked havoc—tanks crushing refugee columns, mass rape, pillage, and unimaginable destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze to death or were massacred; more than seven million fled westward from the fury of the red army.