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Endgame, 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of World War II Paperback – February 11, 2009

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To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. While the war may have seemed all but over by Hitler's final birthday (April 20), Stafford's chronicle of the three months that followed tells a different, and much richer, story.

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.

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A leading writer on military intelligence and project director at the Center for Second World War Studies at the University of Edinburgh, David Stafford is the author of Churchill and the Secret Service, Spies Beneath Berlin, and Ten Days to D-Day.

Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (February 11, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316035998
ISBN-13: 978-0316035996
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.6 x 9.2 inches
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A very objective and multifaceted story of the end of ...

ByGoPoweron July 27, 2017

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A very objective and multifaceted story of the end of WWII in Europe. It certainly was not sugar coated of dramatized but gave a very
detailed view of the ruins of Europe and the millions of refugees and prisoners who tried to either get home or find a new home.
A must read for all because it portrais the horror and damage war can bring to people. "Never Again" has never been so true - and yet ......

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What every Baby Boomer should know!

ByAmazon Customeron January 8, 2017

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I now own 3 copies. This is the book every baby boomer should read if they want to really know why our parents and government seemed to be paranoid about Communism and the USSR in particular. This book is not for the feint of heart, it tells the truth and does not gloss over what todays PC choose to deny!
"A strong government requires a weak people" - Chief MacSalt

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A Neglected Part of History

ByDarwinEvolvedon December 30, 2009

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Everybody knows how heavily World War II has been written about, detailed in documentaries and portrayed in film. But all hasn't been covered as well as it should have been. The closing of the European Theater and the early occupation has largely been ignored by most writers and film makers. It's a complex and chaotic story, with Germany and Italy transitioning from intense fighting to collapse, the suicide of Hitler, the release of millions of displaced persons from slave labor camps, concentration camps, POW camps& refugee camps, fleeing Nazis, establishment of civil order, De-Nazification, establishment of some form of basic civil government, establishment of a Military Government & occupation, gathering of evidence for war crimes, feeding a starving populace, etc ALL AT ONCE.

A lot of it was happening on the fly as policies were changing and a new President taking Office just as the war was ending and the invasion with Japan looming.

Many books compress everything past the crossing of the Rhine through V-E Day into a very small space and largely avoid the details of this book.

Like the generation that fought WWII, the people who lived in Europe during the closing of the war- even the kids- are getting elderly and will be lost to death or loss of mental capacity soon. It's a subject that has interested me and this book fills some holes.

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What happened after the Nazi surrender?

ByMary A.on September 12, 2015

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This is a wonderful, well-written book about the end game in WWII in Europe and the near chaos that descended upon conquered and homeless people immediately before and after the Nazi surrender. Four people who were there give gripping first person accounts of how the Allies dealt with millions of displacedpeople, soldiers, civilians, prisoners, the masses of people without food, medical care, shelter, anything, who were wandering all over a land that had been laid to waste.
I thought I had read most of the "best" histories of WWII, but I was wrong.

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Stafford wrote a classic take on 1945.

ByCharles O'Reillyon March 12, 2017

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Stafford wrote a classic take on 1945. Great effort.

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Well written book which I enjoyed..

ByL. Blackwellon June 18, 2015

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This was the book I have been looking for to find and assess what happened toward the end of WWII. What happened to those countries without governments and people willing to govern after the Nazis were beaten. Mr. Stafford had a unique way of following a number of different people from different countries as the war wound down. He follows these people at different times and finally has closer with what they did with their lives after they returned to their homes. Well written book which I enjoyed....and learned from.

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A History Witnessed by Extraordinary People in Extraordinary Times

ByBruce Milleron April 19, 2011

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I have had this book on my "to read" list for sometime, and finally decided to tackle the 526 pages while on a long deployment. My only disappointment was that I had waited so long to read it ! By telling the stories through the eyes of participants with different backgrounds and war duties, the events unfolded in a very personal fashion. It read like a novel. I felt like I was an eye witness as the description of events was so detailed that it brought forth mental pictures of the scenes that were portrayed. The catastrophe and suffering involving so many was unimaginable. I was particularly impressed with the last chapter where the fates of the real life characters in the book were revealed. At least there were happy endings among the many tragedies and hardships that all had to endure. This was not a dry resuscitation of dates and events, rather a very personal history of the most traumatic of times.

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Very indepth narrative

ByLaura Hugheson November 3, 2010

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I have always wondered what led up to the end of WWII as far as final battles and how the Allies decided on who conquered what countries and entered Berlin. The author interviewed 8 or 9 individuals ranging from infantry soldiers, snipers, spies, reporters and a concentration camp victim. You see the war from their individual points of views.

I also wondered what happened to individuals the day after the war "ended" and the days and months that followed. It was so disheartening and sad how long it took. The book ends with so much left to do to get to any kind of normalcy. It talks how the German people still felt that they were in the right and were indignant that the Allied troops were their "oppressors". The author explains about the captures or suicides of those leaders most guilty for German aggression.

You will learn a lot reading this book. It is very detailed, factual and well researched!

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I'm thoroughly enjoying this book. The harrowing personal narratives are what makes history so real, bringing home the trials, tortures, miseries and reliefs that others - often...Read more

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This is a massive book, over 600 pages, but the personal stories provide a fascinating view into the months following WWII.

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Chilling story expertly told.

Published on November 30, 2014 by Richard M Derzon

good understanding of the hardship after the war was won.

I liked how the book gave a personal approach to the end of the war. It came from many different families.

Published on October 5, 2014 by Shawn Lane

very enjoyable read

I was given a look into a whole new perspective about WWII. The author did a great job of describing events and made them more interesting by using actual people to tell the...Read more

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Post War Politics a bit too dull

As a minor WWII buff I wanted this book to be interesting, but after a short time into it I found myself bored with being "educated" about all the government agencies I...Read more

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