To VE-Day Through German Eyes

The Final Defeat of Nazi Germany

Jonathan Trigg

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Amberley Publishing
15 April 2020

History; Second World War

After the collapse of the German Army in the West in August 1944, the western Allies raced towards the borders of the Reich itself, and in the East the victorious Red Army was doing the same - everyone believed the war would be over by Christmas. But it wasn't. Somehow, Nazi Germany managed to stave off final defeat until May the following year. In the end the agony was brought to a close with the hammer and sickle flying over the ruins of Berlin. The much-vaunted `Thousand Year Reich' had lasted just a dozen years, but in that time it had wrought havoc across the globe. With defeat came the wholesale surrender of the once-proud Wehrmacht; hosts of men suddenly found themselves miles from home in territories ravaged by war. Amongst their ranks were thousands of non-Germans from all over Europe, men - mostly ex-Waffen-SS - who had thrown in their lot with the Germans; they were now `collaborators' and `traitors' and would return home to face the justice of the victors. Previous histories have focused on the fate of Adolf Hitler and his cronies, cocooned in the bunker underneath the rubble of Berlin, but on the German side in particular, as defeat loomed this was a battle that would be fought by junior officers and simple soldiers as the Wehrmacht fell apart. Following on from his successful `D-Day Through German Eyes; How the Wehrmacht Lost France' Jonathan Trigg seeks with this second volume to tell the story of Nazi Germany's final defeat through the voices of the men - and women - who witnessed it first-hand. This narrative is written from the `other side' and told as much through the words of the veterans as is possible.

By: Jonathan Trigg
Imprint: Amberley Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 554g
ISBN: 9781445699448
ISBN 10: 1445699443
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 15 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Having passed out from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Jonathan Trigg served as an infantry officer in the Royal Anglian Regiment, completing tours in Northern Ireland and Bosnia, as well as in the Gulf. After working in the City, he now has his own business training the long-term unemployed to get them into work. His previous books include 'Death on the Don: The Destruction of Germany's Allies on the Eastern Front' and the best-selling 'D-Day Through German Eyes'.