{"title":"Books by Tony Le Tissier","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780750997997","title":"Marshal Zhukov at the Oder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn 31 January 1945, in the dying months of the Second World War, the first Red Army troops reached the River Oder, barely 40 miles from Berlin. Everyone at Soviet Headquarters expected Marshal Zhukov’s troops to bring the war quickly to an end.\u003c\/strong\u003e Despite bitter fighting by both sides, a bloody stalemate persisted for two months until the Soviet bridgeheads north and south of Küstrin were united and the Nazi fortress finally fell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarshal Zhukov at the Order\u003c\/em\u003e is an impressively detailed account of the Nazi–Soviet battles in the Oderbruch and for the Seelöw Heights, east of Berlin. They culminated in April 1945 with the last major land battle in Europe that proved decisive for the fate of Berlin – and the Third Reich. Drawing on official sources and the personal accounts of soldiers from both sides who were involved, Tony Le Tissier has reconstructed the Soviets’ difficult breakthrough on the Oder, documenting the final death throes of Hitler’s Thousand-Year Reich.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298942071157,"sku":"9780750997997","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780750997997_d37ba341-c491-4c4d-800a-74f7befef74a.jpg?v=1786014776"},{"product_id":"9781526756640","title":"SS Charlemagne","description":"In May 1945, as the triumphant Red Army crushed the last pockets of German resistance in central Berlin, French soldiers fought back. They were the last surviving members of SS Charlemagne, the Waffen SS division made up of French volunteers. They were among the final defenders of the city and of Hitler's bunker. Their extraordinary story gives a compelling insight into the dreadful climax of the Battle for Berlin and into the conflicts of loyalty faced by the French in the Second World War. Yet, whatever their motivation, the performance of these soldiers as they confronted the Soviet onslaught was unwavering, and their fate after the German defeat was grim. Once captured, they were shot out of hand by their French compatriots or imprisoned. SS Charlemagne is a gripping, fluently written study of one of the most revealing side stories of the war.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302814790005,"sku":"9781526756640","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781526756640_58a74571-c8a3-4577-92ba-63f6aac65f3f.jpg?v=1786022546"},{"product_id":"9780900913723","title":"Berlin: Then and Now","description":"Chronicling the history of Berlin, this book charts the Communist-Nazi struggle of the Weimar Republic; the \"Thousand Year Reich\" with its penchant for show and architectural grandeur which transformed the city; and its consequent battering by the Allies and the Soviets by air and land respectively. The city's position as the central point of the Cold War is examined, focusing on the partition, and eventual reunion, of East and West.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312000774517,"sku":"9780900913723","price":44.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780900913723_a304c131-518e-4c52-a290-25e6d1b859e5.jpg?v=1786016030"},{"product_id":"third-reich-then-and-now","title":"Third Reich: Then and Now","description":"Sixty years have elapsed since the cataclysmic demise of Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich. In this book Tony Le Tissier (author of Berlin Then and Now) traces the rise of Hitler, the Nazi Party and its ramifications, together with its deeds and accomplishments, during the twelve years that the Third Reich existed within today's boundaries of the Federal Republics of Germany and Austria. The homes - or sites of them - of the dramatis personnae; the Nazi legends of their martyrs; the sites of the former Third Reich shrines at the Obersalzberg; in Munich; Nuremberg; Bayreuth, and in Berlin; the Hitler Youth schools and the Party colleges; the 'euthanasia' killing centres; the concentration camps, and much much more. Tony then follows the progress of Hitler's war: from the attack on Poland on September 1, 1939 to defeat in Berlin and the final round-up at Flensburg in May 1945. A final chapter covers the de-Nazification of Germany, the whole volume being illustrated by 'then and now' comparison photographs which are the central theme of After the Battle.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490330157429,"sku":"9781870067560","price":44.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781870067560.jpg?v=1786442217"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-tony-le-tissier.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}