The last 100 days : the tumultuous and controversial story of the final days of World War II in Europe

Summary:

"A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich. To reconstruct the tumultuous hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, John Toland traveled more than 100,000 miles in twenty-one countries and interviewed more than six hundred people - from Hitler's personal chauffeur to Generals von Manteuffel, Wenck, and Heinrici; from underground leaders to diplomats; from top Allied field commanders to brave young GIs. Toland adeptly weaves together these interviews using research from thousands of primary sources."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 081296859X
ISBN: 9780812968590
Physical Description: viii, 622 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed.
Publisher: New York : Modern Library, �2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-609) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. 1. The Great Offensive -- 1. Floodtide East -- 2. "Five Minutes Before Midnight" -- 3. "This May Well Be a Fateful Conference" -- 4. "Bread for Bread, Blood for Blood!" -- 5. "Judge Roosevelt Approves" -- 6. The Balkan Cockpit -- 7. Operation "Thunderclap" -- 8. War and Peace -- Pt. 2. Drive from the West -- 9. "An Iron Curtain Will Go Down" -- 10. Ebb and Flow -- 11. "What If It Blows Up in My Face?" -- 12. "I Am Fighting for the Work of the Lord" -- 13. Operation "Sunrise" -- 14. The Shell House -- 15. Between Two Rivers -- 16. "We Have Had a Jolly Day" -- 17. Task Force Baum -- 18. Decision at Rheims -- 19. The Rose Pocket -- Pt. 3. East Meets West -- 20. "O-5" -- 21. "Such Vile Misrepresentations" -- 22. Victory in the West -- 23. "On the Razor's Edge" -- 24. "The Fuhrer Is in a State of Collapse!" -- 25. "We Must Build a New World, a Far Better World" -- Pt. 4. Wingless Victory -- 26. "Pheasant Hunt" -- 27. An "Italian Solution" -- 28. Death Comes to a Dictator -- 29. "The Chief Is Dead" -- 30. "And Now You Stab Us in the Back" -- 31. "The Iron Curtain in the East Moves Closer and Closer" -- 32. Beginning of a Long Surrender -- 33. "The Flags of Freedom Fly All Over Europe"