Category: History

Review: The Volunteer – Jack Fairweather

Posted on by Speesh in Concentration Camps, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Poland, Second World War, The Eastern Front, The Final Solution, The Holocaust

"Perhaps the greatest unsung hero of World War II...the definitive version of this extraordinary life" Economist

Soviet soldiers armed with rifles advancing amid rubble towards Reichstag building with Soviet flag, burning and smoke filled sky

Review: Armageddon – Max Hastings

Posted on by Speesh in Conflict, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Poland, Second World War, The Eastern Front, Wartime Europe

"Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945" by Max Hastings offers a detailed narrative of the war's final months, recounting the German military's resilience and the human suffering endured by soldiers and civilians alike. Hastings critiques military strategies and presents a sobering portrayal of the conflict's devastating consequences, emphasizing moral complexities amidst warfare.

German soldiers and armored vehicles pass snowy ruins; sign reads CHARKOW 3 m, BELGOROD 12 m.

Review: The Third Reich At War – Richard J. Evans

Posted on by Speesh in Adolf Eichmann, Auschwitz, Concentration Camps, Conflict, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Poland, Second World War, Soviet Union, The Eastern Front, The Final Solution, The Holocaust, Wartime Europe

Masterly ... will surely be the standard history for many years to come ... This is a warning for the future, as much as a judgement on the past' Richard Overy

Review: Hitlers Willing Executioners – Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

Posted on by Speesh in Concentration Camps, History, Nazi Germany, Non Fiction, Second World War, Soviet Union, The Eastern Front, The Final Solution, The Holocaust

Astonishing, disturbing, and riveting...the fruit of phenomenal scholarship and absolute integrity - Simon Schama