Armageddon: the battle for Germany, 1944-1945 Max Hastings In September 1944, the Allies believed that Hitler's army was beaten and expected the bloodshed to end by Christmas. Yet a series of mistakes and setbacks, including the Battle of the Bulge, drastically altered this timetable and led to eight more months of brutal fighting. With Armageddon, the eminent military historian Max Hastings gives us memorable accounts of the battles and captures their human impact on soldiers and civilians. He tells the story of both the Eastern and Western fronts, raising provocative questions and offering vivid portraits of the great leaders. This rousing and revelatory chronicle brings to life the crucial final months of the twentieth century's most important global conflict. Max Hastings was a foreign correspondent and the editor of Britain's Evening Standard and The Daily Telegraph. He has presented historical documentaries for BBC TV and is the author of eighteen books, including Bomber Command, which earned the Somerset Maugham Award for non fiction, The Korean War, and Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy. He lives outside London.