Full name: Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945

Author: Max Hastings Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military Culture: Germany Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads LibraryThing Amazon ISBNs: 9780375714221 0375714227

In September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler's army was beaten and expected the bloodshed to end by Christmas. Yet a series of mistakes and setbacks, including the Battle of the Bulge, drastically altered this timetable and led to eight more months of brutal fighting. With Armageddon, the eminent military historian Max Hastings gives us memorable accounts of the great battles and captures their human impact on soldiers and civilians. He tells the story of both the Eastern and Western Fronts, raising provocative questions and offering vivid portraits of the great leaders. This rousing and revelatory chronicle brings to life the crucial final months of the twentieth century's greatest global conflict. Similar books: Overlord by Max Hastings Bomber Command by Max Hastings The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson Last Battle by Cornelius Ryan History of the Second World War by B. H. Liddell Hart Hitler's Army by Omer Bartov Why The Allies Won by Richard Overy Blood, Tears and Folly by Len Deighton Dresden by Frederick Taylor Fire and Fury by Randall Hansen All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings Blitzkrieg by Len Deighton Ardennes 1944 by Antony Beevor The Second World Wars by Victor Davis Hanson Lost Victories by Erich von Manstein Engineers of Victory by Paul Kennedy The Second World War by John Keegan Vietnam by Max Hastings The Secret War by Max Hastings The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans