The Second World War

Review: Hanns and Rudolf. The German Jew and the Hunt for the Commandant of Auschwitz

Posted on 28/09/2015 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Second World War

A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history - John le Carré

Review: The Coming of the Third Reich – Richard J. Evans

Posted on 04/04/201315/12/2020 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Second World War

Magnificent and awe-inspiring. An incredible book of an incredible history.

Review: The Second World War – Antony Beevor

Posted on 20/10/201216/02/2020 by Speesh in History, The Second World War

Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale, Beevor's The Second World War never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers and civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this, the most terrible war in history.

Review: The Polish Officer – Alan Furst

Posted on 09/04/201207/04/2019 by Speesh in Between The Wars, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction, The Second World War

From the master of the historical spy thriller, a story set in the heart of the Polish resistance

Review: The Battle of Britain: Myth and Reality – Richard Overy

Posted on 29/03/201206/04/2019 by Speesh in History, The Second World War

How close we came

Review: All Hell Let Loose: The World at War, 1939-1945 – Max Hastings

Posted on 26/03/201205/04/2019 by Speesh in History, The Second World War

My version: Hardback Genre: Non Fiction History, World War II Publisher: Harper Press (Harper Collins) First published: 2011 Pages: 748 ISBN: 978-0-00-733809-2 Bought From the cover: This is a study of the greatest and most terrible event in history, which shows its impact upon hundreds of millions of people around the world - soldiers, sailors and … Continue reading Review: All Hell Let Loose: The World at War, 1939-1945 – Max Hastings →