Late in 1945, Trevor-Roper was appointed by British Intelligence in Germany to investigate conflicting evidence surrounding Hitler's final days and to produce a definitive report on his death. The author, who had access to American counterintelligence files and to German prisoners, focuses on the last ten days of Hitler's life, April 20-29, 1945, in the underground bunker in Berlin--a bizarre and gripping episode punctuated by power play and competition among Hitler's potential successors.From exhaustive research [Trevor-Roper] has put together a carefully documented, irrefutable, and unforgettable reconstruction of the last days in April, 1945.--New Republic
A book sound in its scholarship, brilliant in its presentation, a delight for historians and laymen alike.--A. J. P. Taylor, New Statesman
- ISBN10 0333244516
- ISBN13 9780333244517
- Publish Date 28 September 1978 (first published November 1968)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 November 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition 5th Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 360
- Language English