ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2222
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Erich Kuby, an outstanding German journalist, has written an objective & carefully detailed history--originally serialized in Der Spiegel--of the Russian capture & occupation of Berlin that describes what actually happened. The author`s recreation of life in Berlin during the spring & summer of 1945 is more intimate & more realistic than anything published on the subject so far. Drawing upon a myriad of sources--memoirs, diaries, court records, letters & interviews with civilians & combatants, from top generals to privates, on both sides--Kuby shows that the battle was practically a walkover for the Russian army & nothing like the Armageddon the Soviets & Germans would have themselves & the world believe. The truth about the raping of Berlin women is here too, & the Soviet removal of German industrial plant, & the origins of cold war tensions, & the first two months of the Russian occupation. Here also is a detective-like investigation of Hitler`s suicide & the disposition of his corpse.