Checkmate in Berlin av Giles Milton

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<p><b>''Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is'' - </b><b>Andrew Roberts, author of <i>Churchill: Walking with Destiny</i></b><br><br><b>Berlin was in ruins when Soviet forces fought their way towards the Reichstag in the spring of 1945.</b> Streets were choked with rubble, power supplies severed and the population close to starvation. The arrival of the Soviet army heralded yet greater terrors: the city''s civilians were to suffer rape, looting and horrific violence. Worse still, they faced a future with neither certainty nor hope.<br><br>Berlin''s fate had been sealed four months earlier at the Yalta Conference. The city, along with the rest of Germany, was to be carved up between the victorious powers - British, American, French and Soviet. On paper, it seemed a pragmatic solution; in reality, it<b> fired the starting gun for the Cold War. <br></b><br>As