Victory in Europe: Defeating Hitler

As early as January 1943, when Hitler's 6th Army was destroyed at Stalingrad, it was evident that the war in Europe could only end with the defeat of the Third Reich. The D-Day landings the following year only served to reinforce this. Barely four months later, the first Allied troops set foot on German soil.

Yet the Germans fought on, as the Soviet forces inflicted one crushing defeat after another on the Eastern Front. The failure of Operation Market Garden in September 1944 saw the Anglo-American armies pause operations until the start of 1945, the Russians doing likewise. Then, in the early months of the last year of the war, the Allies attacked on all fronts. Gradually, the Germans were driven back, until Soviet troops stormed into Berlin in April 1945.

What drove the German people to fight on, knowing that ruin and devastation was the inevitable consequence?

Why did the generals continue to follow Hitler's orders? Did the Allies win the war in Europe, or did Hitler lose it?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913295753
• ISBN13: 9781913295752
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Key Publishing Bookazines
• Length: 116 Pages