Overview
'As a military historian Max Hastings has few equals' - The Times Literary Supplement 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. 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 in 1945. Drawing on original research and fascinating individual experiences, Max Hastings' masterly 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.
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Author: Sir Max Hastings
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Pan Books
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 4.40cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.518kg
ISBN: 9781035022847
ISBN 10: 1035022842
Pages: 688
Publication Date: 13 February 2025
Recommended Age: From 18 years
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
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 -- <i><b>Daily Telegraph</b></i> One of the finest historians of the Second World War -- <b>Michael Burleigh</b>
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 <i>Day of the Assassins</i>
Author Information
Author Website: http://www.maxhastings.com/
Max Hastings is a Sunday Times bestselling author who, between 1986 and 2002, served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. In his youth he was a foreign correspondent for newspapers and BBC television. He has won many awards for his journalism and books, of which the most recent are Operation Biting, Abyss, All Hell Let Loose and Catastrophe. He was knighted in 2002 for services to journalism.
