Anthony Beevor on the war

[jon-nyc]

He’s a noted military historian, his ‘Stalingrad’ might be the definitive military history of that battle.

He offers his comments in the Atlantic.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/putin-doesnt-realize-how-much-warfare-has-changed/627600/?utm_term=2022-03-24T10%3A30%3A56&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_campaign=the-atlantic

[Renauda]

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

[Horace]

Putin making huge military mistakes seems like it could be good or bad news.

[jon-nyc]

I read his Stalingrad and, IIRC, a book on the Spanish Civil War. I should pick the Berlin book.

[George K]

@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.

[jon-nyc]

He does tell you which Ivan was on which street corner and what he had for lunch that day.

[George K]

@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.

[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.

[Doctor Phibes]

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.