Endgame 1945 The Missing Final Chapter of World War Ii

"To conclude a history of World War II in Europe at VE Day - as most do - is to leave the story only partially told. A war does not end when the last of its pitched battles stops raging. Soldiers of the defeated forces face long stays as POWs, the wounded continue to die, parents search doggedly for their missing children, the victors embark on epic missions to hunt down enemy leaders, enduring peace must be made." "In Endgame, 1945 historian David Stafford fills the hole in our knowledge of World War II, revealing how, for most people, VE Day was merely a brief pause in the action, and that horror and hardship lasted long after Allies accepted Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender. Drawing upon diaries, letters, personal testimonies, and memoirs, Stafford interweaves the lives of ordinary people with the machinations of military and political leaders to trace the elaborate web of events that led to the war's real resolution: the deaths of Hitler and Mussolini, the liberators of Buchenwald and Dachau, and the Allies' race against the Red Army to establish a victor's foothold in Europe."--BOOK JACKET.Stafford, David is the author of 'Endgame 1945 The Missing Final Chapter of World War Ii', published 2007 under ISBN 9780316109802 and ISBN 0316109800.