Hitler versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1944-1945: Warsaw to Berlin

In the fourth and final volume of Nik Cornish's photographic history of the Second Worldï½War on the Eastern Front the defeat of the German army, the destruction and occupationï½of the cities in eastern Germany and the humiliation of the German people are shown inï½over 150 mostly unpublished wartime photographs. The extent of the fighting, from theï½Baltic in the north to the Balkans in the south, is recorded in a selection of graphic images,ï½as is the tenacity and desperation of the German resistance and the unstoppable force ofï½the Red Army as offensive after offensive crushed the Third Reich. While most of theï½photographs show the Red Army, its troops, equipment and the conditions in which itï½fought, the shattered cities of Germany and eastern Europe and the suffering andï½destitution of the civilians are recorded in graphic detail.