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An internationally bestselling historian turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the 20th century in this masterful and comprehensive new chronicle of World War II.

In his latest work, Antony Beevor-bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem and one of our most respected historians of World War II-brings us the true, little-known story of a family torn apart by revolution and war. Olga Chekhova, a stunning Russian beauty, was the niece of playwright Anton Chekhov and a famous Nazi-era film actress who was closely associated with Hitler. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she...

The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day, Stalingrad, and The Battle of Arnhem reconstructs the Battle of the Bulge in this riveting new account On December 16, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes in Belgium, believing he could split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp and forcing the Canadians and the British out of the war. Although his generals were doubtf...

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A tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal."-Jonathan Yardley, The Washington PostThe Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Third Reich in January 1945. Frenzied by their terrible experiences with Wehrmacht and SS brutality, they wreaked havoc-tanks crushing refugee columns, mass rape, pillage, and unimaginable destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze...

La sera del 23 agosto 1942 la Sedicesima divisione corazzata tedesca si attestava sulle rive del Volga, a breve distanza dalla città di Stalingrado. Era l'avanguardia dell'armata che poco più di un anno prima Hitler aveva lanciato a sopresa contro l'Unione Sovietica. L'esercito russo pareva in rotta. L'unica resistenza degna di nota fu opposta da un gruppo di studentesse che manovravano pezzi di artiglieria antiaerea. Gli uomini della Wehrmach...

Stalingrado, quizás la batalla más cruel de la historia, fue la primera y más decisiva derrota de Hitler. El autor, combinando de manera magistral su conocimiento de las realidades de la guerra con las técnicas narrativas de un gran novelista, hace una soberbia reconstrucción de aquella gesta mostrándonos, en toda su crudeza, la experiencia humana de la guerra, combinando cartas y diarios de los soldados y testimonios orales de los civiles atr...

Stalingrad: de wreedste veldslag van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, de titanenstrijd tussen Stalin en Hitler, die zes donkere maanden duurde en een keerpunt in de geschiedenis zou betekenen. Van een weelderige stad aan de oevers van de Wolga veranderde Stalingrad in een inferno, waarin honderdduizend mensen zouden verschroeien in het vuur van bombardementen of bevriezen in de meedogenloze Russische winter. In Stalingrad doet Antony Beevor niet allee...

A brilliant reconstruction of the Third Reich's final collapse, and the millions of people caught up in The Red Army's brutal desire to avenge Nazi atrocities, now published in B format paperback for the first time. New editions of "Stalingrad" and "Paris After The Liberation" by Antony Beevor are also published this month.

Nella notte tra il 17 e il 19 luglio 1939, il colpo di Stato dalle truppe guidate dal generale Franco segnò l'inizio di una guerra civile che dilaniò la Spagna per i tre anni seguenti: fu una vera e propria prova generale della Seconda guerra mondiale in cui vennero sperimentate sulla popolazione quelle atrocità che avrebbero caratterizzato il conflitto successivo. Alcuni del protagonisti furono i medesimi: Hitler e Mussolini inviarono truppe ...

Vasili Grossman, el autor de Vida y destino, una de las más grandes novelas del siglo XX, acompañó al ejército soviético en la Segunda Guerra Mundial como corresponsal de Estrella Roja. Al margen de lo que escribía para el periódico, Grossman dejó registradas sus experiencias en unos cuadernos, que se han mantenido inéditos hasta hoy, donde cuenta sinceramente lo que vio en las calles de Stalingrado, en la batalla de Kursk, en la reconquista d...

Eind augustus 1944 werd Parijs bevrijd. De bevrijding werd groots gevierd, maar ook gemarkeerd door de verschrikkingen van de oorlog en het trauma van de zuiveringen. In de jaren na de oorlog werd Parijs het diplomatieke strijdtoneel voor de beginfase van de Koude Oorlog. Tegen deze explosieve politieke achtergrond tonen Antony Beevor en Artemis Cooper de vele aspecten van het naoorloge Parijse leven: de velen die berecht werden zonder eerlij...

Glorious, horrifying... D-Day is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women."-TimeRenowned historian Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem, and the man who "single-handedly transformed the reputation of military history" (The Guardian) presents the first major account in more than twenty years of the Normandy invasion and the liberation of Paris. This is the first book to de...

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. From Antony Beevor, the internationally bestselling author of D-Day and The Battle of Arnhem.In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore Stalin's name. In the five-month siege that followed, the Russians fought to hold Stalingrad at any cost, then, in an astonishing reversal, encircled and t...

Der längste Tag D-Day, das war die größte militärische Operation aller Zeiten: die Invasion der Alliierten am 6. Juni 1944 in der Normandie. Beevor zeichnet diesen Tag minutiös nach. Hautnah erlebt der Leser im Hauptquartier die Nervosität der Befehlshaber, begreift die komplexe Strategie einschließlich des kühnen Täuschungsmanövers, spürt die moralische Bürde, die Männer wie General Eisenhower empfanden und ist bei den Soldaten, die von Angst...