A really sumptuous book . . . beautifully prepared
and presented.
PRACTICAL WARGAMER
Using 'then and now' photographs we look at Berlin throughout its many phases. The turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, when Communist and Nazi fought each other for control of the streets, led to the Third Reich with its spectacular scenes of grandeur and glory. However, the 'Thousand Year Reich', and the architectural megalomania it spawned which transformed the centre of Berlin, began to crumble within ten years as the Western Allies dealt out massive retribution from the air. The Soviet land attack which followed finally ground much of what was left of the city into dust. Berlin's position as the focal point of the Cold War in Europe is examined, culminating in 1961 with the fateful division of the city by 'the Wall' which split Berlin into two camps — East and West — for nearly three decades, leaving Berlin an island within a hostile sea. Finally, the story comes full circle with our description of the unbelievable events of 1989-90.
ISBN 0 900913 72 X
SIZE 12"×8½"
472 PAGES
OVER 1700 ILLUSTRATIONS
£44.95
CODE F027
Early history
The Weimar Republic
The First Five Years
Germania
The
Road to War
Victory
Berlin Under Attack
July 20, 1944
The
Battle for Berlin
The Decisive Battle of the Seelow Heights
Closing in
on the Capital
German Counter-Attacks
Into Berlin
Enter Koniev
The
German Defences
Rivalry in the Southern Sectors
Soviet Organisation and
Tactics
Koniev's Western Flank
Chuikov's Ploy
Koniev's Humiliation
The
Western Sectors
The Northern Sectors
The Eastern Sectors
Charlottenburg
The
Central Area
The Landwehr Canal
The Reichstag
The Fuhrerbunker
Surrender
Military Government
The Berlin Airlift
The Birth
of the Republics
The Berlin Wall
The Collapse of the German Democratic Republic
Postscript