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Title: DOWNFALL 1945
THE FALL OF HITLER'S THIRD REICH
By: Steven J. Zaloga, Steve Noon (Illus)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1472811437
ISBN 13: 9781472811431
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Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 19 May, 2016
Series: Campaign 293
Pages: 96
Description: Tracing the final operations of the war, this title analyses how the Allied strategies in the final days of the war were a hint of the future suspicion that would drive the Cold War.
Synopsis: As the final month of fighting in Europe in 1945 dawned the Allies embarked upon a series of mopping up operations, destroying the last centres of German resistance as the essentially defeated Wehrmacht fought on in increasingly desperate conditions, driven on by the explicit no surrender order issued by Hitler.Yet at the same time, the Allied alliance was already on shaky ground, as German resistance was crushed the Allies began to eye each other nervously across a battletorn Europe, with the politically driven military decisions to have a huge impact on the future of the continent. This book traces the final operations of the war, from the liberation of Denmark, the Allied drive towards the Baltic straits, incursions in Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and engagements in Eastern and Western Germany, whilst also analyzing how the Allied strategies in the final days of the war were a hint of the future difficulties that would drive the Cold War.
Illustrations: 70 b/w; 9 col
Publication: UK
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Returns: Returnable
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