{"product_id":"armageddon-the-battle-for-germany-1944-1945-9780375714221","title":"Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is epic story of the last eight months of World War II in Europe by one of Britain's most highly regarded military historians, whose accounts of past battles John Keegan has described as worthy \"to stand with that of the best journalists and writers\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler's army was beaten, and expected that the war would be over by Christmas. But the disastrous Allied airborne landing in Holland, American setbacks on the German border and in the Hürtgen Forest, together with the bitter Battle of the Bulge, drastically altered that timetable. Hastings tells the story of both the Eastern and Western Fronts, and paints a vivid portrait of the Red Army's onslaught on Hitler's empire. He has searched the archives of the major combatants and interviewed 170 survivors to give us an unprecedented understanding of how the great battles were fought, and of their human impact on American, British, German, and Russian soldiers and civilians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHastings raises provocative questions: Were the Western Allied cause and campaign compromised by a desire to get the Soviets to do most of the fighting? Why were the Russians and Germans more effective soldiers than the Americans and British? Why did the bombing of Germany's cities continue until the last weeks of the war, when it could no longer influence the outcome? Why did the Germans prove more fanatical foes than the Japanese, fighting to the bitter end? This book also contains vivid portraits of Stalin, Churchill, Eisenhower, Montgomery, and the other giants of the struggle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe crucial final months of the twentieth century's greatest global conflict come alive in this rousing and revelatory chronicle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Hastings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.42h x 5.91w x 1.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375714221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2005 pg. 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax Hastings is the author of more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eCatastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eInferno: The World at War, 1939-1945, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWinston's War: Churchill 1940-1945.\u003c\/i\u003e He spent his early career as a foreign correspondent for BBC TV and various newspapers, then as editor of Britain's \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received numerous awards for both his books and his journalism. He lives in the English countryside west of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43637771108467,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4e1517f9-685a-4b7d-adf8-1f28ca88ff2d.jpg?v=1755602276","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/armageddon-the-battle-for-germany-1944-1945-9780375714221","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}