Summary of Volker Ullrich's Eight Days in May

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 On April 30, Hitler took his own life. Krebs and the Soviet commander, General Vasily Chuikov, arrived at Schulenburgring 2 in the Tempelhof district to inform him of the news. Chuikov seemed unimpressed. #2 Goebbels hoped that the conflicts of interest between the western Allies and their Soviet partner would come to a head and that the Soviet leadership might be inclined to desert the anti-Hitler front. It t