The End of War

✍ Scribed by Robbins, David L

• Book ID: 108588106
• Publisher: Orion
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 651 KB
• Series: World War II 2
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Synopsis:

Berlin, January 1945.

The war draws to a close, but the fight for a vanquished city -- and for history -- is just beginning.

In the final months of the war in Europe, the last act of a five-year conflagration is about to be played out. As Allied generals surround the mortally wounded Nazi military machine, strategies are being formed on a greater scale than even generals can imagine.

While Churchill fumes helplessly, Roosevelt makes crucial decisions that will cede Berlin to Stalin and the Russians. The stakes are no less critical for ordinary men and women, fighting to live another day....

From the chaos of the eastern front, to the desperation of a single Jewish man hidden in a Berlin basement, to the burning ambition of an American photojournalist, Robbins animates the giants who shaped history and breathes life into the heartbreaking struggles of those who merely lived it.

Barnes & Noble Guide to New Fiction:

Berlin, 1945. As WWII draws to a close, the fight for a vanquished city, and for history, is just beginning. In this epic follow-up to War of the Rats , Robbins ushers readers into the sweep of history and the drama of the human face of war. Booksellers had a mixed response to this: "tedious, but interesting enough to finish."