The end of War II was a fierce struggle on the German front - and inside Allied command rooms.
Charles Whiting vividly portrays the final collapse of the German Army, which had fallen into the hands of the aged and the very young.
He describes the manic dread of the Russians - and the dissolution of the German High Command.
On another level it is the story of a great statesmen and supreme commanders vying for power and fighting for what each of the Allied leaders felt was the correct resolution.
The final stage of the war is set against he background of the struggles between Churchill and Truman, and between Montgomery and Eisenhower.
'The End of the War' is an in-depth narrative of the final critical moments of the Second World War. It is an analysis of the decisions made by key military figures and the way in which these decisions would shape the course of the war's end.
‘Whiting… is a skilled and prolific writer. His comments on the generals are apt… An important book that records one of the most difficult yet least publicised phases of the war’ - Spectator
‘Whiting is a very experienced popular military historian who gets the last ounce of drama from the bloody battles in the West between September 1944 and February 1945’ - The Times
Charles Whiting is the author of numerous history books on the Second World War. Under the pen name of Leo Kessler he also wrote a series of bestselling military thrillers, including ‘Guns at Cassino’ and ‘Valley of the Assassins’.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
Charles Whiting vividly portrays the final collapse of the German Army, which had fallen into the hands of the aged and the very young.
He describes the manic dread of the Russians - and the dissolution of the German High Command.
On another level it is the story of a great statesmen and supreme commanders vying for power and fighting for what each of the Allied leaders felt was the correct resolution.
The final stage of the war is set against he background of the struggles between Churchill and Truman, and between Montgomery and Eisenhower.
'The End of the War' is an in-depth narrative of the final critical moments of the Second World War. It is an analysis of the decisions made by key military figures and the way in which these decisions would shape the course of the war's end.
‘Whiting… is a skilled and prolific writer. His comments on the generals are apt… An important book that records one of the most difficult yet least publicised phases of the war’ - Spectator
‘Whiting is a very experienced popular military historian who gets the last ounce of drama from the bloody battles in the West between September 1944 and February 1945’ - The Times
Charles Whiting is the author of numerous history books on the Second World War. Under the pen name of Leo Kessler he also wrote a series of bestselling military thrillers, including ‘Guns at Cassino’ and ‘Valley of the Assassins’.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
