Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-390) and index.
Contents
Part I: Total war -- The evolution of total war -- The war until 1945 -- Instrument of vengeance -- The Reich before the storm -- Part II: From the Vistula to the Oder -- Breakthrough on the Vistula -- The first German response -- Konev's exploitation -- Zhukov's exploitation -- Stay of execution -- Part III: The southern flank: Konev and the continuing contest for Silesia -- The actions on the Oder -- Heinrici's command and the southern highlands -- Part IV: The Baltic flank -- The east Prussian setting -- The 3rd Belorussian front in northern east Prussia -- The 2nd Belorussian front in southern east Prussia -- The buildup of German army group Vistula -- The east Pomeranian operation -- Part V: The siege of the fortress cities -- East Prussia -- Danzig and Gotenhafen -- Kolberg -- The Altdamm bridgehead -- Küstrin -- Posen -- Breslau -- Part VI: 1945 and Germanic eastern Europe -- The catastrophe -- The end of the war and beyond -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix: The conduct of war: Soviet science and German art.
