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Jun 05, 2012 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. 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. In this searing narrative that takes us from hitlers invasion of poland on september 1st, 1939 to vj day on august 14, 1945 and the war s aftermath, beevor describes the conflict and its. In this searing narrative that takes us from hitlers invasion of poland on september 1st, 1939 to vj day on august 14th, 1945 and the war s aftermath, beevor describes the conflict and. 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.
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