The Last Days of Hitler : Legend, Evidence and Truth (Military History Ser.)

The final weeks of Hitler's life saw him in a deteriorating mental state, in physical ill-health and liable to fits of gross irrationality. He must, surely, have known that defeat was inevitable, imminent, and that if any part of the legend he had so destructively built around himself was to be maintained he must not fall captive to the enemy. What was it to be - escape, or death - and how was it to be achieved. Since 1945 there has been continuous speculation about the lasy days of Hitler. Anton Jochaimsthaler offers a defining account of what actually happened, the result of years of extensive research and investigation. He discounts the false theories, assesses the witnesses, sifts every item of evidence to come to the truth. The constant twists and turns of cover-ups, intrigues and duplicity make for a read as absorbing as any thriller: But this is the true story of the most famous death of the Second World War.