John Toland

A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich. To reconstruct the tumultuous hundred days between Yalta and the fall of Berlin, John Toland traveled more than 100,000 miles in twenty-one countries and interviewed more than six hundred people—from Hitler's personal chauffeur to Generals von Manteuffel, Wenck, and Heinrici;

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Basing his report on hundreds of interviews with eyewitnesses from 21 countries and on several thousand primary sources, the author relats the military and diplomatic strategy that defeated Nazism and Fascism at the close of World War II. Within the 100 days Rossevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler died. Mr Toland describes them as well as such military leaders as Patton, Montgomery, and Heinrici.