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He is the author of crete the battle and the resistance, which won a runciman prize, paris after the liberation, 19441949 written with his wife artemis cooper, stalingrad, which won the samuel johnson prize, the wolfson prize for history and the hawthornden prize for literature, berlin the downfall, which received. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, the second world war. Nov 26, 2010 the battle of passchendaele 100th anniversary of the great war documentary timeline duration. Antony beevor served as a regular officer in the 11th hussars in germany. The second world war, by antony beevor the new york times. Antony beevor is one of the best world war two authors in the world. The ardennes is the latest of beevors books on the campaigns of the second world war. Antony beevor the second world war part 03 audiobook. Piers paul read the tablet it is, in short, a chapter of the second world war that was crying out for the storytelling talents of sir antony beevor. Beevor has been a visiting professor at the school of history, classics and archaeology at birkbeck, university of london and at the university of kent his bestknown works, the bestselling stalingrad and berlin the downfall 1945, recount the world war. A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of world war ii, by internationally bestselling historian antony beevor. The battle for normandy prix henry malherbe and the rusi westminster medal, the second world war. The spanish civil war 19361939 by antony beevor is a much better book than the first full length book that i read on the spanish civil war the spanish republic and the civil war, 19311939 by gabriel jackson.
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