Five Days That Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II
- ISBN-10
- 1429941359
- ISBN-13
- 9781429941358
- Series
- Five Days That Shocked the World
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01-17
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Nicholas Best
Description
In the momentous days from April 28 to May 2, 1945, the world witnessed the death of two Fascist dictators and the fall of Berlin. Mussolini's capture and execution by Italian partisans, the suicide of Adolf Hitler, and the fall of the German capital signaled the end of the four-year war in the European Theater. In Five Days That Shocked the World, Nicholas Best thrills readers with the first-person accounts of those who lived through this dramatic time. In this valuable work of history, the author's special achievement is weaving together the reports of famous and soon-to-be-famous individuals who experienced the war up close. We follow a young Walter Cronkite as he parachutes into Holland with a Canadian troop; photographer Lee Miller capturing the evidence of Nazi atrocities; the future Pope Benedict returning home and hoping not to get caught and shot after deserting his infantry unit; Audrey Hepburn no longer having to fear conscription into a Wehrmacht brothel; and even an SS doctor's descriptions of a decadent sex orgy in Hitler's bunker. In skillfully synthesizing these personal narratives, Best creates a compelling chronicle of the five earth-shaking days when Fascism lost it death grip on Europe. With this vivid and fast-paced narrative, the author reaffirms his reputation as an expert on the final days of great wars.
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- 2012-01-17
- 369 pages
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- 2013
- 312 pages
- Paperback
- Osprey Publishing
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- 2012-03-20
- 320 pages
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