The Last 100 Days：The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe

AdramaticcountdownofthefinalmonthsofWorldWarIIinEurope,TheLast100DaysbringstolifethewaningpowerandtheultimatesubmissionoftheThirdReich.ToreconstructthetumultuoushundreddaysbetweenYaltaandthefallofBerlin,JohnTolandtraveledmorethan100,000milesintwenty-onecountriesandinterviewedmorethansixhundredpeople—fromHitler’spersonalchauffeurtoGeneralsvonManteuffel,Wenck,andHeinrici;fromundergroundleaderstodiplomats;fromtopAlliedfieldcommanderstobraveyoungGIs.Tolandadeptlyweavestogethertheseinterviewsusingresearchfromthousandsofprimarysources.Whenitwasfirstpublished,TheLast100Daysmadehistory,revealingafter-actionreports,staffjournals,andtop-secretmessagesandpersonaldocumentspreviouslyunavailabletohistorians.Sincethattime,ithascometoberegardedasoneofthegreatesthistoricalnarrativesofthetwentiethcentury.