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Original Title:	The Last Battle
ISBN:	0684803291 (ISBN13: 9780684803296)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Berlin,1945(Germany)

The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin

Cornelius Ryan

Paperback | Pages: 571 pages

Rating: 4.21 | 5776 Users | 167 Reviews

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Title	:	The Last Battle: The Classic History of the Battle for Berlin
Author	:	Cornelius Ryan
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Touchstone Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 571 pages
Published	:	May 1st 1995 by Simon Schuster (first published January 1st 1966)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. War. World War II. Military. Military History. Military Fiction. Cultural. Germany

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The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich.

The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war's bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to come.

Cornelius Ryan's compelling account of this final battle is a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, “to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to win.”

It is the story of ordinary people, both soldiers and civilians, caught up in the despair, frustration, and terror of defeat. It is history at its best, a masterful illumination of the effects of war on the lives of individuals, and one of the enduring works on World War II.

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Wow. This book was really interesting. It kept making me think what would have happened if...Knowing what did happen to Eastern Europe after WWII kept me wishing that things would have turned out differently. I still think Eisenhower made the right choice, based on the information he had, when he decided not to cross the Elbe and race the Soviets for Berlin across territory the politicians had already said would be in the Soviet zone. (Especially when I read that the Red Army planed to

In The Last Battle, Ryan not only writes about the Battle of Berlin, but thoroughly covers the last few months of the war in Europe from the end of the Battle of the Bulge through May of 1945. His narrative writing style makes history come alive as he switches back and forth between the viewpoints of the Anglo-Americans, Soviets, Nazi High Command, and citizens of Berlin. Ryan's account is just the right level of detail to get a good understanding of how the end of the war in Europe unfolded.

Outstanding book! The author packs so much factual evidence in that it's still making my head spin. Loved this book. Would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in WWII history!

I have no idea why I had not read this book before now but I am thrilled that I did. I have read several book on the Battle of Berlin but this one stands near, if not at the top, of the list of winners. The author divides the book into sections.....the City, the Generals, the Objective,the Decision, and the Battle. Within each chapter, he supplies intricate detail of each topic without becoming pedantic.....he is telling the story of what happened, as it happened, and does not allow any bias to

So well written!I never really enjoyed reading about the World War Battles in a non-fiction format until I had read Vimy by Pierre Berton! This historical account of the the events leading up to the Last Battle for the fall of Berlin was written in the same style. I love how each side was introduced: The Allies (Britain, the US and Russia) and the Germans (civilians, soldiers, SS and the Reich). Because the author used journals, documents, letters and personal interviews of the surviors, this

This book is pushing near 50 years old, and it shows its age. Written at the height of the Cold War, it features cartoonish evil Russians and angelic Americans and Brits. It also has a cringe-inducing chapter of Russian rapes of German women. I don't doubt the accuracy of the accounts, but there is a salacious glee in the detailed recounting, while thousands of deaths don't warrant such attention. This book is a slice of history in and of itself, beyond its topic.

This book is absolutely unbelievable. As a sign of our cultural degradation, this book is what a bestseller used to be. Over a decade of research, multilingual research, thousands of hours of interviews, incredible skill at getting people on all sides and positions of the conflict to open up, an 11-page bibliography.Now all you need is... oh, never mind. Unlike almost every American academic of the past 80 years, he is also willing to tell the truth about the Soviet Union and the professional