The battle for Berlin;: End of the Third Reich (Ballantine's illustrated history of World War II. Battle book no. 6);

Rear cover notes: "'A prudent German government would have used the pause at the end of Summer 1944 to seek an armistice and so escape the final wave of destruction. The Allies more than half expected even Hitler's government to do that. They were mistaken.' The result was the battle for Berlin - one of the greatest, grimmest, and most consequential operations of the war."