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03004cam a2200457Ia 4500 001 332524D02B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20170120010649 008 051111s2005 nyuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780375714221 020 $a 0375714227 035 $a (OCoLC)62260342 040 $a NCM $c NCM $d SILO $d TSU $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d NLGGC $d OCLCQ $d CNVPL $d TEX $d UIB $d SILO 043 $a e------ 050 00 $a D743 $b .H36 2004 082 04 $a 940.54/21 $2 22 084 $a 15.70 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Hastings, Max. 245 1 $a Armageddon : $b the battle for Germany, 1944-45 / $c Max Hastings. 250 $a 1st Vintage Books ed. 260 $a New York : $b Vintage Books, $c 2005. 300 $a xxiii, 584 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Time of hope -- The bridges to Arnhem -- The frontiers of Germany -- The Russians at the Vistula -- Winter quarters -- Germany besieged -- Hell in the HuÌrtgen -- The Bulge : an American epic -- Stalin's offensive -- Blood and ice : East Prussia -- Firestorms : war in the sky -- Marching on the Rhine -- Prisoners of the Reich -- Collapse in the west -- "The earth will shake as we leave the scene" -- The bitter end. 520 $a This is the story of the last eight months of World War II in Europe. In September 1944, the Allies expected that the war would be over by Christmas. But the disastrous Allied landing in Holland, American setbacks on the German border, together with the bitter Battle of the Bulge, drastically altered that timetable. Hastings tells the story of both the Eastern and Western Fronts, and paints a portrait of the Red Army's onslaught on Hitler's empire. He raises provocative questions: Were the Western Allied cause and campaign compromised by a desire to get the Soviets to do most of the fighting? Why were the Russians and Germans more effective soldiers than the Americans and British? Why did the bombing of Germany's cities continue until the last weeks of the war, when it could no longer influence the outcome? --From publisher description. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Europe. 650 17 $a Tweede Wereldoorlog. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Militaire strategie. $2 gtt 651 7 $a Europa (geografie) $2 gtt 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hastings, Max. $t Armageddon. $b 1st Vintage Books ed. $d New York : Vintage Books, 2005 $w (OCoLC)609402919 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random056/2004046468.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random051/2004046468.html 941 $a 6 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710074019.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722013503.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204083705.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110065606.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006053541.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=332524D02B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search