Five Days That Shocked The World - Hepburn, Loren, Milligan,
Kissinger And Kennedy

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Details: On 28 April 1945 Benito Mussolini was dragged from his mistress' bed, taken outside & executed. Only two days later, surrounded by the Soviet Army, Adolf Hitler put a gun to his head & committed suicide as the Allies raced to secure the heart of the Reich
- Berlin. This is the story of the final days of the war in Europe. Drawing on a wealth of unfamiliar material & first-hand accounts, Nicholas Best tells the compelling tale of the men & women who witnessed the final days of the war, from Jack Kennedy at the UN conference in San Fransico to Bob Dole, wounded & recuperating in an Italian hospital, & Private Henry Kissinger, back on German soil for the first time since his family fled before the war. While Audrey Hepburn was starving in Holl&, Roman Polanski was playing with grenades in Krakow & a future Pope was on his way home, terrified of being shot for deserting the Wehrmacht. Blending historical discourse with the thoughts & reactions of these & many other famous & ordinary individuals, Five Days that Shocked the World is an insightful new look at the most dramatic 120 hours in our history. Ideal for: People interested in the last few days of ww 2. A gripping account of the last days of World War II. This paperback has 312 pages & measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.4cm