In early 1945, the Red Army plunged into the Third Reich, rolling up territory and crushing virtually everything in its path, with one exception: the city of Breslau, which Hitler ordered to be defended to the death. First full-length English account of the four-month siege Chronicles the bitter struggle as the Red Army encircled Breslau and eventually pillaged the city Details the brutal methods used by the city's Nazi leaders to keep German troops fighting and maintain order "a brutally honest and personal look at World War II urban combat..." (Stuart McClung NY Journal of Books 2015-04-01)