Ardennes 1944 is a book that plays very much to beevors strengths, combining the view from the top with the view from below and vividly portraying the dark realities of military combat. Dday is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. It involved the majority of the worlds nations, eventually forming two opposing military alliances. Publication date 2012 topics world war, 19391945 publisher little, brown and co. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the 20th century, the second world war. The historian antony beevor tells keith lowe why his next book will. The second world war began in august 1939 on the edge of manchuria and ended there exactly six years later.
In fact on reading this book i feel that no nation comes out with credit just some were more guilty then others. The second world war kindle edition by beevor, antony. The battle and the resistance runciman prize, stalingrad samuel johnson prize, wolfson prize for history and hawthornden prize, berlin. The book starts with the japanese invasion of manchuria in 1931, and covers the entire second world war ending with the final surrender of axis forces. Antony beevors general history of the second world war is a momentous achievement. At over eight hundred pages, beevors book is a doorstop. Both are highly readable, accessible, and detailed.
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