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One of the greatest military feats during the Second World War was the transformation of the German force's activities in the weeks following the battles in Holland and the German border, where the Allies had finally inflicted the greatest catastrophes of modern war on them. Somehow the Germans found the strength to halt the Allied advance in its tracks and to prolong the war to 1945. This book is the epic story of those last eight months of the war in northern Europe. "As a military historian Max Hastings has few equals" - "Times Literary Supplement". "Max Hastings now stands in the first rank of writers on modern war" - "Financial Times".

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: Armageddon..., 8 Mar 2006 By  Stephen (UK) - See all my reviews    ...is a very appropriate title for a book about the battle for Germany if ever there was one. Especially at the Eastern Front. Hastings achieves a good balance between the wider picture - embracing the politics and military strategy of the campaign as a whole - with the experience of individuals who were in the thick of the action, whether they are soldiers, civilians, POWs or Hitler's concentration camp victims. This really is a very good book and I recommend it highly. I think this book is complemented particularly well by Norman Davies's "Rising '44: the Battle for Warsaw" and Anthony Beevor's "Berlin: The Downfall", both of which, incidentally, Hastings praises in his acknowledgements at the end of the book.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   31 of 33 people found the following review helpful: A story very well told, 8 April 2005 By  Alec B (Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews I had previously read 'Overlord' by Max Hastings and found that he told that story (the battle of Normandy) very well. I read this book in hardback and found that it is similarly well told. As well as the pure facts of the allied & Russian advances and German counter-attacks, Max Hastings adds colour and interest from the personal accounts of many people he has interviewed (I contrast this with Berlin The Downfall - Beevor - which I found too dry in this respect). It also deals well with the problems faced by the allied leaders between themselves. The book covers the western and eastern fronts and the concentration camps. It does not cover the war through Italy. One thing I think could be much improved is the maps - there are a few, but not enough (e.g. one per chapter), they are very basic and don't tie in well with the text. There could be many more, illustrating the text, and use colour.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?