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The Last 100 Days

John Toland The Last 100 Days (1966) BY THE SAME AUTHOR Dillinger Days The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 Adolf Hitler: The Pictorial Documentary of His Life No Man’s Land, 1918: The Last Year of the Great War Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath Gods of War Occupation In Mortal Combat: Korea 1950-1953 A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich. To reconstruct the tumultuous hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, John Toland traveled more than 100,000 miles in twenty-one countries and interviewed more than six hundred people—from Hitler’s personal chauffeur to Generals von Manteuffel, Wenck, and Heinrici; from underground leaders to diplomats; from top Allied field commanders to brave young GIs. Toland adeptly weaves together these interviews using research from thousands of primary sources. When it was first published, The Last 100 Days made history, revealing after-action reports, staff journals, and top-secret messages and personal documents previously unavailable to historians. Since that time, it has come to b

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