Armageddon
The Battle for Germany 1944-45
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:13th Feb '25
Should be back in stock very soon
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 is the stunning bestseller from one of Britain's most highly regarded military historians. Reissued with a fresh, new cover.
Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 is the stunning bestseller from one of Britain's most highly regarded military historians.
In Armageddon, one of Britain's most highly regarded historians tells the epic story of the bloody last eight months of the war in Europe.
'Hastings triumphs . . . he conveys brilliantly what fighting was like for those who had to do it'– David Stafford, The Times
'Masterly'–Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
In 1944 German forces suffered catastrophic defeats during the battles for Holland and the German border. Yet in the following weeks the ailing Wehrmacht was able to achieve one of the greatest military feats of the Second World War. The Germans regrouped and found the strength to halt the seemingly inexorable Allied advance, prolonging the war into 1945.
Drawing on original research and fascinating individual experiences, Max Hastings's definitive account provides a fresh and gripping insight into the final twists and turns of the war, revealing how Europe's fate hung in the balance until the bitter end.
'Magisterial . . . Armageddon is a magnificent achievement' – Christopher Silvester, Financial Times
As a military historian Max Hastings has few equals * The Times Literary Supplement *
Max Hastings now stands in the first rank of writers on modern war * Financial Times *
Splendid . . . A book anyone with an interest in modern warfare will want to read * The New York Times Book Review *
Armageddon offers an impressively researched, beautifully crafted narrative of the Second World War's European finale -- Douglas Porch * The Times Literary Supplement *
Hastings writes with authority, as well as humanity, about the realities of combat – the fear, smells, hunger, humiliation and the horrendous wounds inflicted . . . Every leader contemplating a military operation, for whatever reason, should read this book and take several deep breaths * The Wall Street Journal *
A fascinating account -- Daily Telegraph
One of the finest historians of the Second World War -- Michael Burleigh, historian and author of Day of the Assassins
ISBN: 9781035022847
Dimensions: 198mm x 132mm x 44mm
Weight: 518g
688 pages