"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.
Speesh Reads Posts (With collage)
Review: The True Soldier – Paul Fraser Collard
Brief and to the point
Review: The Treadstone Rendition – Joshua Hood
Relentless. And enjoyable
Review: All You Need Is Kill – Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Live. Die. Repeat.
Review: The Bear And The Dragon – Tom Clancy
A whole new level of enjoyable nonsense
Review: Waking Gods – Sylvain Neuvel
Closer to Star Trek than the oft-mentioned Star Wars
Review: Icon – Frederick Forsyth
It was the best of times it was the worst of times
Review: Alexander – The Definitive Life by his original biographers
The most successful conqueror the world has ever seen
Review: The Sentinel – Lee Child And Andrew Child
Sleepy no-name town - check. No Police worth the mention - check. Reacher can do whatever he likes without intervention - check.
Review: Stahlgewitter at the Gates of Moscow – Friedrich von Gatow
Waffen SS in combat, a German view of Operation Barbarossa 1941 and the attack on Moscow
