Biographies & Memoirs

“‘Mesmerizing account of those final, bloody weeks of war . . . Cross’s account of the Fuhrer’s final, hysterical days in his Berlin bunker is masterful.’ Sunday ExpressTHE FALL OF…”

‘Mesmerizing account of those final, bloody weeks of war . . . Cross’s account of the Fuhrer’s final, hysterical days in his Berlin bunker is masterful.’ Sunday ExpressTHE FALL OF HITLER’S GERMANY, TOLD BY THE SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS WHO WERE THERE.As Berlin burned and the armies closed in, the Third Reich met its final reckoning.January 1945. Across Europe, the Third Reich stood on the brink of annihilation. In the East, Stalin’s armies launched a savage winter offensive, the Soviet steamroller crashing through the German lines on the Vistula and driving hard for the Oder. In the West, Eisenhower and Montgomery raced to destroy the heart of Nazi Germany, and to hold the continent against Stalin’s own vaulting ambition.Yet as defeat closed in, Hitler’s regime fought on with hopeless ferocity. The last months of the war brought some of its bloodiest battles and greatest human tragedies. The firestorm over Dresden. The vast tide of refugees fleeing west. Hitler’s doomed final gamble for the Hungarian oilfields. The grim last stand of a broken army in the rubble of Berlin.Fallen Eagle tells the gripping story of the Third Reich’s last days through the eyes of the soldiers on both sides, the civilians caught in the crossfire, the generals torn between loyalty and survival, and the dictators whose ambitions had plunged the world into chaos. From the carve-up of Europe at Yalta to the final, hysterical days in the Berlin bunker, Robin Cross draws on the letters and diaries of those who were there to deliver a vivid, unflinching account of how the eagle was at last toppled from the roof of the Reich Chancellery, and of the uneasy new world order born from the ruins.For readers of Antony Beevor, Max Hastings and Ian Kershaw, Fallen Eagle is a masterful and deeply human portrait of the collapse of Nazi Germany and the terrible price of victory.PRAISE FOR FALLEN EAGLE:‘A first-class work covering a subject which has fascinated military historians during the past 50 years.’ Devon Herald Express‘This superb book is a must for World War II enthusiasts.’ Chroma‘A very detailed book about the movement of troops on the Eastern and Western fronts, and the decline of the third Reich. This is a great book for someone that is writing a thesis.’ Pamela King, Librarian