The Fall of Berlin 1945By: Antony Beevor "A tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal."Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Third Reich in January 1945. Frenzied by their terrible experiences with Wehrmacht and SS brutality, they wreaked havoctanks crushing refugee columns, mass rape, pillage, and unimaginable destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and