{"product_id":"berlin-by-antony-beevor","title":"Berlin by Antony Beevor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'An irresistibly compelling narrative, of events so terrible that they still have the power to provoke wonder and awe'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e– Adam Sisman, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with tanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks, mass rape, pillage and destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze to death or were massacred because Nazi Party chiefs, refusing to face defeat, had forbidden the evacuation of civilians. Over seven million fled westwards from the terror of the Red Army.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAntony Beevor reconstructs the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse, telling a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanaticism, revenge and savagery ­- but also one of astonishing endurance, self-sacrifice and survival against all odds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42530567225505,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/products\/berlin.jpg?v=1663844682","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/berlin-by-antony-beevor","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}