Berlin
- Author Antony Beevor
- Narrator Peter Noble
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 18 hours and 9 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Battles and campaigns, European history, Land forces and warfare, Military and defence strategy, Modern warfare, Second World War, True war and combat stories.
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What to expect
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Berlin by Antony Beevor, read by Peter Noble.
Berlin: The Downfall 1945 is Antony Beevor's brilliant account of the fall of the Third Reich.
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with tanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks, mass rape, pillage and destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze to death or were massacred because Nazi Party chiefs, refusing to face defeat, had forbidden the evacuation of civilians. Over seven million fled westwards from the terror of the Red Army.
Antony Beevor reconstructs the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse, telling a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanatacism, revenge and savagery, but also one of astonishing endurance, self-sacrifice and survival against all odds.
Critics Review
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Fascinating, extraordinary, gripping
Jeremy Paxman -
A masterpiece of modern historical writing
Guardian -
This brilliant storyteller makes us feel the chaos and the fear as if every drop of blood was our own. It is much more than just a humane account; it is compellingly readable, deeply researched, and beautifully written
Spectator
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