BERLIN:THE DOWNFALL 柏林，帝国的毁灭

The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached thefrontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructorsrammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The resultwas the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, withtanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks, mass rape,pillage and destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women andchildren froze to death or were massacred because Nazi Partychiefs, refusing to face defeat, had forbidden the evacuation ofcivilians. Over seven million fled westwards from the terror of theRed Army. Antony Beevor reconstructs the experiences of thosemillions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's finalcollapse, telling a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanatacism,revenge and savagery, but also one of astonishing endurance,self-sacrifice and survival against all odds.