The Defeat of Nazi Germany follows the final, decisive collapse of Hitler's Reich, from the frozen forests of the Ardennes to the ruins of Berlin and the divided Europe that emerged after victory. This volume traces the dramatic final phase of the war in Europe: the Battle of the Bulge, the Soviet advance into Eastern Europe, the liberation of concentration camps, the Allied conferences that shaped the postwar order, the crossing of the Rhine, the fall of Vienna, the Battle of Berlin, Hitler's final days, Germany's surrender, and the difficult reconstruction of Europe after Nazi defeat.

This seventh book examines not only the military destruction of the Third Reich but also the human and political consequences of victory. It explores liberation and revenge, justice and displacement, ruined cities and shattered societies, the birth of the Cold War, and the long shadow left by the Holocaust. The Defeat of Nazi Germany presents the end of the European war as both a military triumph and the beginning of a new, divided world.