When the Third Reich collapsed, 70 million Germans were left bewildered and terrified, their leaders dead or incarcerated; the victors saw fully for the first time the unbearable legacy of death, atrocity, and destruction left by the Nazis. Here is the view from Hitler's bunker, where news came of his troops surrendering on every front.

Originally published: London : Arms and Armour, 1986. Published in the United States under title: Last days of the Third Reich.

Part 1 : The Eastern Front. The Baltic sector : Kurland -- The Reichs capital : Berlin -- The beleaguered fortress : Breslau -- The central sector : Prague -- The southern sector : Austria -- Part 2. The Southern Front. Jugoslavia -- Italy -- Part 3. The Western Front. The Baltic sector : Hamburg -- The central and southern sectors -- Reichs President Doenitz -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. : Chronology of events -- Appendix 2. : The last communiqué.