Strike Berlin: The Just Reckoning · April 6, 1945 - May 2nd ()

Author: (USA) Bam Translator: Zhang Guoliang, Shi Qiang / Country: United States / United States
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: On April 16, 1945, the three armies of the Soviet Red Army, numbering 2.5 million people, launched a fierce offensive against the nest of the Nazi regime—Berlin, marking the official start of the final battle on the European theater of World War II. This was the largest and most thoroughly prepared urban battle of the entire war, with a ferocity far exceeding that of the Battle of Stalingrad. Strike Berlin first presents a comprehensive historical background of this grand campaign, detailing the Eastern and Western Front battles before the Red Army approached Berlin. After analyzing the city's significant strategic importance to Germany's war capability and morale, the book also explores the historical truth behind why the Western Allied forces of the United States and Britain, already reaching the Elbe River, halted their advance, gazing at the nearby, open nest of the "Third Reich"—Berlin—while allowing the Soviet Red Army to launch the final assault on the symbol of Nazi tyranny—the German Reichstag. The capture of Berlin by the Soviet Red Army marked the complete collapse of Hitler's dream of a "Thousand-Year Reich" and the final end of the European war in the Soviet-German conflict of World War II! On the global military and political stage, the Battle of Berlin ended an era and ushered in another. To understand the intricacies and complexities of this period, Strike Berlin offers an epic, cold, and perspective, inspiring later generations to engage in rational reflection!