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In august 1942, hitlers huge sixth army reached the city that bore stalins name. In this book, master military historian, antony beevor, applies his proven technique of matching opposing units battle journals by date and time to reconstruct the clashes of the battles in vivid color and detail. Over the past two decades, antony beevor has established himself as one of the worlds premier historians of world war ii. Anthony beevors book is a most comprehensive account of the second world war which encapsulates not only the battles fought in europe and the pacific by the allies against nazi germany and the japanese but also a comprehensive account of the politics involving each warring nation. This never glamourises the war and it plays down the propaganda and the myths. Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of stalingrad by antony beevor, read by peter nobel. Time renowned historian antony beevor, author of stalingrad and the battle of arnhem, and the man who singlehandedly transformed the reputation of military history the guardian presents the first major account in more than twenty years of the normandy invasion and the liberation of paris.
Antony beevor audio books, best sellers, author bio. The war in europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the pacific and china, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. The most important lesson i ever learned came to me in the french archives when i was researching a book about paris after the liberation. He is a former officer with the 11th hussars and served in england and. The fall of berlin part 1 of 3 audiobook full by atony bevoor. Jun 05, 2012 anthony beevors book is a most comprehensive account of the second world war which encapsulates not only the battles fought in europe and the pacific by the allies against nazi germany and the japanese but also a comprehensive account of the politics involving each warring nation. The second world war, by anthony beevor the independent. In fact on reading this book i feel that no nation comes out with credit just some were more guilty then others. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. He has had a number of books published and his book stalingrad was awarded the samuel johnson prize, the wolfson history prize and the hawthornden prize. Jul 27, 2012 as antony beevor shows in the second world war, ethical erosion did not stop at mere killing.
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