All Hell Let Loose

Review: Savage Continent by Keith Lowe

Posted on 09/04/2016 by Speesh in History, Non Fiction, The Second World War

Just be glad you weren't there

Review: Lehrter Station

Posted on 12/07/2015 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Russia, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction, The Cold War

The (second) war to end all wars, just started another one.

Review: Potsdam Station

Posted on 14/05/2015 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, Second World War, Spy, Spy Fiction

Potsdam Station by David Downing My rating: 5 of 5 stars All David Downing’s books have been excellent. Potsdam Station, book four (of six) in the Station series, continues that trend - and then some. There did seem to be a bit of a leap between Stettin Station and Potsdam, some four years, in the story-timeline. It … Continue reading Review: Potsdam Station →

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: 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 →