Endgame, 1945 by David Stafford
To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. Endgame 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine men and women, ranging from soldiers to POWs to war correspondents, who witnessed firsthand the Allied struggle to finish the terrible game at last.Endgame 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine men and women, ranging from soldiers to POWs to war correspondents, who witnessed firsthand the Allied struggle to finish the terrible game at last.
Through their ground-level movements, Stafford traces the elaborate web of events that led to the war's real resolution: the deaths of Hitler and Mussolini, the liberation of Buchenwald and Dachau, and the Allies' race with the Red Army to establish a victors' foothold in Europe, to name a few. From Hitler's April decision never to surrender to the start of the Potsdam Conference, Stafford brings an unprecedented focus to the war's "final chapter."
Narrative history at its most compelling, Endgame 1945 is the riveting story of three turbulent months that truly shaped the modern world.
David Stafford has worked on and off for BBC radio and television since 1973. He worked at Thames TV, sometimes in the next studio to Kenny's show, and made an award winning series at Capital Radio while Kenny was upstairs winning awards of his own. He knows the turf intimately. Caroline and David's biography of Lionel Bart, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T' Be, published by Omnibus Press In 2011, was chosen as BBC Radio 4's Book Of The Week and short listed for a Sheridan Morley Award. They also wrote the acclaimed biography Cupid Stunts: The Life and Radio Times of Kenny Everett.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316035996 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316035998 |
| Title | Endgame, 1945 |
| Author | David Stafford |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2009-01-21 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
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