Checkmate in Berlin : the Cold War showdown that shaped the modern world / Giles Milton.

"The lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the aftermath of World War II that fired the starting gun for the Cold War"-- After the 1945 Yalta Conference, Berlin-- along with the rest of Germany-- was to be carved up among the victorious powers. On paper, it seemed a pragmatic soluti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milton, Giles (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Howley, Frank L., > 1903-1993.
Kotikov, A. G. > (Aleksandr Georgievich), > 1902-1981.
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Berlin.
Cold War.
Berlin (Germany) > History > 1945-1990.
Berlin (Germany) > Strategic aspects.
HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
Strategic aspects of individual places.
Germany > Berlin.
1939-1990
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvi, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The road to Berlin
  • Flag on the Reichstag
  • Red Berlin
  • Loot
  • Arrival of the allies
  • Life on the edge
  • Dividing the spoils
  • Let battle commence
  • Enter the overlords
  • The Iron Curtain
  • Ministry of lies
  • Crime and punishment
  • Playing dirty
  • Shifting sands
  • Breaking point
  • The perfect siege
  • Flying high
  • The sky's the limit
  • Checkmate
  • Fruits of victory.