The decline and fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan (History

Pdf / English / 1968 / 431 pages / 52.5 MB

A Pictorial History of the Final Days of World War II by Hans Dollinger

With a Foreword by Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker (Ret.)

880 Illustrations, Maps, etc.

Here is a completely objective account in picture and prose of the deciding final days of World War II in Europe and the Pacific. First-hand accounts, messages, diary entries, letters and other papers by Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, Ridgway,
Montgomery, Alanbrooke, Roosevelt, Churchill, De Gaulle, Stalin, Truman, Halsey and many other leaders, together with eye-witness reports, serve to enhance and document the narrative and analysis.

On the German side we see the unbelievable destruction accomplished by Allied bombing; the shortages of men, food, and weapons; the calling up of boys and women to active combat. There are the desperate last-minute measures to prevent individuals from surrendering or deserting, such as holding the families of soldiers as hostages.
At top level, there is the account of Hitler's self-delusions, leading to his dismissal of one after another of the general staff. All of this is documented by witnesses' accounts of high-level conferences and conversations