Chronicles the horror of Berlin`s fall to the Soviets in 1945, recalling the starvation, exposure, artillery fire, rape, and mass destruction that marked the Red Army`s final push on Germany`s capital.
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | | vii | |
| MAPS | | x | |
| GLOSSARY | | xxix | |
| PREFACE | | xxxiii | |
| | 1 | (10) |
| 2 The `House of Cards` on the Vistula |
| | 11 | (13) |
| 3 Fire and Sword and `Noble Fury` |
| | 24 | (15) |
| 4 The Great Winter Offensive |
| | 39 | (17) |
| | 56 | (21) |
| | 77 | (19) |
| 7 Clearing the Rear Areas |
| | 96 | (19) |
| 8 Pomerania and the Oder Bridgeheads |
| | 115 | (21) |
| | 136 | (12) |
| 10 The Kamarilla and the General Staff |
| | 148 | (17) |
| 11 Preparing the Coup de Grâce |
| | 165 | (8) |
| 12 Waiting for the Onslaught |
| | 173 | (17) |
| | 190 | (16) |
| | 206 | (10) |
| 15 Zhukov on the Reitwein Spur |
| | 216 | (18) |
| | 234 | (15) |
| 17 The Führer`s Last Birthday |
| | 249 | (12) |
| 18 The Flight of the Golden Pheasants |
| | 261 | (19) |
| | 280 | (11) |
| | 291 | (19) |
| | 310 | (18) |
| 22 Fighting in the Forest |
| | 328 | (11) |
| 23 The Betrayal of the Will |
| | 339 | (15) |
| | 354 | (16) |
| 25 Reich Chancellery and Reichstag |
| | 370 | (16) |
| | 386 | (20) |
| | 406 | (15) |
| 28 The Man on the White Horse |
| | 421 | (11) |
| REFERENCES | | 432 | (3) |
| SOURCE NOTES | | 435 | (31) |
| SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | | 466 | (10) |
| INDEX | | 476 | |