Anthony Beevor on the war
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wrote on 24 Mar 2022, 15:16 last edited by
He’s a noted military historian, his ‘Stalingrad’ might be the definitive military history of that battle.
He offers his comments in the Atlantic.
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wrote on 24 Mar 2022, 15:29 last edited by
Beevor never disappoints.
Check out his books The Fall of Berlin 1945 and The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II
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wrote on 24 Mar 2022, 15:30 last edited by
Putin making huge military mistakes seems like it could be good or bad news.
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wrote on 24 Mar 2022, 15:31 last edited by
I read his Stalingrad and, IIRC, a book on the Spanish Civil War. I should pick the Berlin book.
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I read his Stalingrad and, IIRC, a book on the Spanish Civil War. I should pick the Berlin book.
wrote on 24 Mar 2022, 15:45 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Anthony Beevor on the war:
I read his Stalingrad
Me too. Actually found it kind of tedious, much like the siege.
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wrote on 24 Mar 2022, 16:04 last edited by
He does tell you which Ivan was on which street corner and what he had for lunch that day.
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He does tell you which Ivan was on which street corner and what he had for lunch that day.
wrote on 24 Mar 2022, 16:22 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Anthony Beevor on the war:
He does tell you which Ivan was on which street corner and what he had for lunch that day.
Exactly.
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@jon-nyc said in Anthony Beevor on the war:
I read his Stalingrad
Me too. Actually found it kind of tedious, much like the siege.
wrote on 24 Mar 2022, 17:03 last edited by Renauda@George-K said in Anthony Beevor on the war:
@jon-nyc said in Anthony Beevor on the war:
I read his Stalingrad
Me too. Actually found it kind of tedious, much like the siege.
Then you’d love David Glantz’s three volume narrative on Stalingrad.
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wrote on 24 Mar 2022, 21:17 last edited by
I must admit I struggled a bit with Beevor. For a much lighter read, The Fall of Berlin by Anthony Read and David Fisher is worth a look - I enjoyed it, at least. It's very anecdotal, and there are lots of little stories strung together to describe Berlin from 1036 until 1945.