Hitler's Heroes During The Defeat in the East

The fourth in a series of books that examine German officers who were promoted to the rank of general and who were also awarded the Knight's Cross, this volume covers the last months of the Second World War. During the period from 13 February 1944 to Germany's surrender on 9 May 1945, there were 115 generals who received the award.

Jeremy Dixon has been interested in Nazi Germany for over thirty-five years and has written several books on the subject. His first book Commandersof Auschwitz detailed the careers of the SS officers who served at Auschwitz concentration camp. It was followed by books dealing with Luftwaffe generals who won the Knight's Cross, a two-volume study of recipients of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, and the third which details the holders who served in the Fallschirmjäger, Germany's elite parachute unit. His most recent publication is The U-Boat Commanders: Knight's Cross Holders 1939-1945.