“Brilliant…The reader is in suspense throughout…Each scene
is played out close-up and point-blank, as if one were there, listening to the
dialogue, counting the stakes, feeling the emotions of the principals.”

“A hundred stories fill out these hundred days—portraits,
battle plans, ironies, feats of espionage, mass brutalities, insanity,
diplomats, generals, soldiers, snipers, the cool and the fanatic. Hitler’s
horoscope, what General Eisenhower was reading on the morning of surrender,
Quisling’s final auto ride, orders, counterorders, impatient statesmen,
conflicting strategies, the stench of fire and death, telegrams to Moscow,
plunging armies, straggling refugees…In fascinating and exhaustively researched
detail—it is all here!”

“Fascinating…The narrative shifts from scene to
intimate scene of every conference room…from liberated camp to Hitler’s
underground bunker, to GIs storming the railroad bridge across the Rhine…Toland
has woven the tapestry of history.”

“The late author wrote many books
about WWII, but this one, first published in 2003, broke new ground because of
its use of previously unreleased documents and personal interviews. The
audiobook is now available, and the material is just as enlightening as it was
on paper. Narrator Ralph Cosham brings an authoritative British accent to the
work, and he’s suitably respectful of the awesome story he’s telling. His
variations in pitch and his delivery of especially painful passages are
effective and engrossing. He also has excellent diction and keeps to a lively
pace.”