The Fall of Berlin 1945

“The best account yet written on the death knell of Hitler’s vaunted Thousand Year Reich.”—Carol D’Este, The New York Times Book Review

The Red Army's invasion of Berlin in January 1945 was one of the most terrifying examples of fire and sword in history. Frenzied by terrible memories of Wehrmacht and SS brutality, the Russians wreaked havoc, leaving hundreds of thousands of civilians dead and millions more fleeing westward.

Drawing upon newly available material from former Soviet files, as well as from German, American, British, French, and Swedish archives, bestselling author Antony Beevor vividly recounts the experiences of the millions of civilians and soldiers caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse.

Now this New York Times bestseller is available in a trade paper edition.