I'm looking for a book about the Battle of Berlin?

Question

I want to read a book about this famous WWII battle. A novel from the POV of the Nazis, especially the soldiers, would be very interesting.

Or a historical perspective of the battle. Any ideas?

Answer 1

"The Last 100 Days" by John Toland

Excerpt from Chapter 23 "on the razor's edge":

"For almost two months there had been relative quiet along the north-eastern front while Zhukov prepared his final assualt on Berlin, and Heinrici had been using this respite to try to ready the thin defenses of Army Group Vistula. From captured Red Army men he learned that the main attack would be preceded several days by smaller probing attacks in the Kustrin-Frankfurt area. when these began as scheduled on April 12 Heirici's strategy, borrowed from the French, went into effect: Busse was ordered to wait three days and then pull back his Ninth Army--except for a skeleton force--under cover of darkness to the ridge behind the Oder......

Answer 2

A picture is worth a thousand words.

In this case, the most famous photo is the Yevgeny Khaldei photo of the Red Army soldier raising the Soviet flag above the the ruins of the Reichstag in Berlin, on May 2nd, 1945.

For the picture (usually acredited to SOVFOTO), see:

http://olive-drab.com/od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1945berlin.php


For the story, see:

www.crwflags..com

Answer 3

Danny if you want to read any books about the battle of Berlin you better get out your Russian translator. The Russians beat the allies to it and general Patton wanted to go on in but Ike declared if the Russians wanted it let em have it. That is why we had a Berlin wall and an east Germany for 40 years. General Patton wanted to run the Russians out of Germany. He wanted to arm the remaining German soldiers and get them to help the allies run the communists out of Germany. He was killed by a freak accident near the end of the war. Hitler once said, "The world will hold its breath and fall silent when Barbarossa is mounted." Now the scales of war were against Hitler, and in the summer of 1943 the Germans met with a devastating defeat in Russia at the Battle of Kursk and the German and Italian armies in Africa were destroyed. 1944 found Germany totally on the defensive with the successful Allied invasion of France and repeated loses in Russia. By the beginning of 1945, the British, Americans, and Russians were closing in on Germany. The Russians by the end of January were within 100 miles of Berlin. Hitler resolved to fight on, which resulted in even more deaths and devastation. While the war was progressing, Hitler embarked on a campaign to totally eliminate Jews and other peoples that were not to his liking. Millions were sent to extermination camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sobibor and Treblinka. While Germany lay in ruins as well as his dreams of a New German Order, on 30 April, Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker. When told of the news of Hitler's death, Stalin remarked, "So that's the end of the bastard. Too bad it was impossible to take him alive." With his death, Germany surrendered. Hitler changed the face of the world. As a result of the forces he set in motion, the world was left with basically only two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, which set the pace for the resulting Cold War. It is estimated that at least 40 million people died in Europe alone as the result of World War II along with immeasurable devastation and destruction

Answer 4

There's some further reading listed here along with some info.
Hope this helps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin