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After Hitler: the Last Ten Days of World War II in Europe Online Pvju5 [Mobile pdf] After Hitler: The Last Ten Days of World War II in Europe Online [Pvju5.ebook] After Hitler: The Last Ten Days of World War II in Europe Pdf Free Michael Jones DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #493797 in Books Jones Michael 2015-10-06 2015-10-06Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.25 x 6.26l, 1.00 #File Name: 0451477014400 pagesAfter Hitler The Last Ten Days of World War II in Europe | File size: 56.Mb Michael Jones : After Hitler: The Last Ten Days of World War II in Europe before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised After Hitler: The Last Ten Days of World War II in Europe: 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Ten historic days that are rarely heard aboutBy R. Keith ClinganIn the history books we read a lot about when Hitler committed suicide on April 1 1945 and the German formal surrender on Aug 10 1945, but never got much insight into what happened in those days between two historical markers. This book fills us in on all the changes and manuevers that it took to get all the necessary parties together and agree on one surrender. It also marks a good starting place to explain how a wartime alliance evolved into the Cold War.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Ten days that changed the worldBy Mary A.This wonderful book has details about the last ten days of WWII from many sources and many viewpoints. It is marvelously readable and filled with intimate detail from those who were there.I enjoyed it as much as any book I have read about this war, and there have been many. People who were there in different capacities have been interviewed, the rather shocking missteps on all sides in attempting to end the war are laid out in detail, and it is, simply, just fascinating read on many levels.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Bonnie LaBarberasome very good views on how the population reacted to his death. Ten days that changed the course of history.On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin. But victory over the Nazi regime was not celebrated in western Europe until May 8, and in Russia a day later, on the ninth. Why did a peace agreement take so much time? How did this brutal, protracted conflict coalesce into its unlikely endgame? After Hitler shines a light on ten fascinating days after that infamous suicide that changed the course of the twentieth century. Combining exhaustive research with masterfully paced storytelling, Michael Jones recounts the Fuuml;hrerrsquo;s frantic last stand; the devious maneuverings of his handpicked successor, Karl Douml;nitz; the grudging respect Joseph Stalin had for Churchill and FDR, as well as his distrust of Harry Truman; the bold negotiating by General Dwight D. Eisenhower that hastened Germanyrsquo;s surrender but drew the ire of the Kremlin; the journalist who almost scuttled the cease-fire; and the thousands of ordinary British, American, and Russian soldiers caught in the swells of history, from the Red Armyrsquo;s march on Berlin to the liberation of the Nazisrsquo; remaining concentration camps. Through it all, Jones traces the shifting loyalties between East and West that sowed the seeds of the Cold War and nearly unraveled the Grand Alliance. In this gripping, eloquent, and even- handed narrative, the spring of 1945 comes alivemdash;a fascinating time when nothing was certain, and every second mattered.hellip;INCLUDES PHOTOS International Acclaim for After Hitler nbsp; ldquo;Michael Jones has described the death agonies of Nazism in an excellent, vivid and often moving narrativehellip; He has deftly blended stories of great events and the great figures who shaped them with the experiences of the myriad men and women who carried out their orders. There is room too for the sufferings of millions of bewildered and frightened German refugees and displaced former slave workers endeavoring to return home.rdquo;mdash;The Times of London nbsp; ldquo;[After Hitler is an] excellent new study of the death throes of the Third Reich. It is, at once, a tale of heroism and barbarism; of overwhelming triumph and abysmal defeat; of refugees and revenge; of a nightmare shattered and emerging hopes of a better futurehellip;. This is the best book of its genre since John Toland wrote The Last 100 Days.rdquo;mdash;The Australian nbsp; ldquo;Ambitioushellip; Michael Jones has woven together the many stories of those terrible ten days in a most compelling fashion.rdquo;mdash;The Spectator nbsp; ldquo;Jonesmdash;a master of the vignettemdash;provides an effective retelling of the story. Using an impressive selection of eyewitness accounts, he skips across Europe in that last week of the warmdash;from Reims to Luuml;neburg, Prague to Flensburgmdash;giving an engaging, lively summary of events.rdquo;mdash;BBC Historyldquo;Admirablehellip; the bookrsquo;s strength lies in Jonesrsquo; well-crafted account of the complex negotiations over the pace, manner, and location of the surrender.rdquo;mdash;Foreign Affairsldquo;[A] compact and well-written history of a period that is often neglected.rdquo;mdash;The American SpectatorAbout the AuthorMichael Jones is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the British Commission for Military History. He is the author of eight previous books, including most recently The Kingrsquo;s Grave: The Search for Richard III; a series of works on World War Tworsquo;s eastern front culminating with Total War: From Stalingrad to Berlin; and Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle, regarded as a seminal work on Richard III and the battle of Bosworth. Jones lives in England.Excerpt. copy; Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.1. The spell breaks: the Nazi eagle and swastika above the damaged grandstand of their rally site at Nuremberg.2. East meets West: Lieutenants William Robertson and Alexander Sylvashko embrace at Torgau on the Elbe (April 25, 1945).3. US infantrymen move down a street in Waldenburg, south-central Germany, April 1945.4. Berlin falls to the Red Army: Marshal Georgi Zhukov on the steps of the Reichstag, May 2.5. British tanks race toward Luuml;beck, May 2.6. The horror: a sign erected by British forces outside Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, May 1945.7. The British arrive at Hamburg: a Cromwell tank guards the bridge over the Elbe.8. German soldiersmdash;some using horse-drawn transportmdash;make their way toward British forces to surrender.9. British and Russian troops meet at Wismar, May 3.10. A Russian tanker and British sapper drink to victory.11. Montyrsquo;s triumph: the British field marshal receives the German delegation at Luuml;neburg Heath, May 3.12. A day later the formal surrender of Denmark, Holland and northwestern Germany is signed in Montgomeryrsquo;s tent.13. The American field commandmdash;seated (left to right) are Generals William Simpson, George Patton, Carl Spaatz, Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Courtney Hodges and Leonard Gerow. Standing (center) is Eisenhowerrsquo;s chief of staff, General Walter Bedell Smith.14. High-ranking American and Russian officers meet on the Elbe, May 5 (from the Soviet 3rd Guards Tank Corps and the US Third Army).15. Confronting the truth: a German woman walks past bodies of murdered slave workers exhumed by US troops near Nammering, Germany.16. Prisoners of Mauthausen concentration camp (Austria) liberated by US soldiers on May 5.17. The anguish: refugees on the road trying to return home.18. ldquo;Displaced Personsrdquo;mdash;one of the great humanitarian challenges faced by the Allies.19. ldquo;Calling all Czechs!rdquo; Barricades go up in Prague at the beginning of the uprising, May 5.20. US troops enter western Czechoslovakia, May 6.21. Operation Manna: loading supplies to be airdropped to the starving Dutch population.22. Unlikely rescuers: troops from the 1st Division Russian Liberation Army (Vlasov Army) arrive outside the Militia HQ, Prague, May 6.23. Field Marshal Montgomery meets his Russian counterpart, Fieldnbsp;Marshal Rokossovsky, at Wismar on the Baltic.24. General Alfred Jodl signs the first unconditional surrender at SHAEF headquarters, Rheims, May 7.25. ldquo;False alarmrdquo;: a special edition of Stars and Stripes prematurely announces ldquo;Germany Quitsrdquo; on May 7.26. VE-Day in London, May 8: a huge crowd gathers at Whitehall to hear Churchillrsquo;s speech.27. ldquo;The German war isnbsp;.nbsp;.nbsp;. at an endrdquo;: Churchill broadcasts to the nation.28. ldquo;The day of deathrdquo;: SS units fight for the center of Prague with Czech insurgents, May 8.29. The second signing at Karlshorst: the German delegation now headed by Field Marshal Keitel.30. The Allied delegation now headed by Russiarsquo;s supreme commander, Georgi Zhukov.31. Russian troops liberate Prague.32. VE-Day in Moscow, May 9.33. The celebratory fireworks that night.copy; Imperial War Museums: 1 above/IWM CL3092, 3 above/IWM BU4972, 3 below/IWM BU6955, 4nbsp;above/IWM BU5077, 4 below/IWM CL2538, 5 above/IWM BU5230, 5 below/IWM BU5238, 6nbsp;above/IWM BU5145, 6 below/IWM BU5207, 12 above left/IWM BU5523, 12 above right/IWM EA65715, 12 below/IWM EA65948, 13 above/IWM D24586, 13 below/IWM H41846, 14 below/IWM FRA203385. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): 1 below/NARA 111-SC-204516, 2 above/NARA 111-SC-205778, 7 above/NARA 280-YE-182, 8 above/NARA 111-SC-264895. Prague Military Institute: 10, 11. 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