Sep 12, 2005 crete by antony beevor, 9780719568312, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. From antony beevor, the internationally bestselling author of dday and the battle of arnhem. Crete was a campaign unique in many respects, not the least of which was its ferocity. Nazi germany expected its airborne attack on crete in 1941 to be a textbook victory based on tactical surprise.
The stalingrad front by antony beevor the new york. Beevor is right that eremenko had the official title of commander of the stalingrad front. Antony beevor wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclopedia. The book won the first samuel johnson prize, the wolfson history prize and the hawthornden prize for literature in 1999. Six years ago, while writing his account of stalingrad, antony beevor alighted upon the theme of his new book. Hitlers last gamble tells the story of the germans illfated final stand.
Eremenko was indeed the commander of the stalingrad front under vasilevskys supervision. Crete was an extraordinary battle because it was the very first time a major island had actually been assaulted by paratroopers and, in fact, captured by paratroopers, the only time, ever. He has published several novels, and his works of nonfiction include the spanish civil war. A regular officer in the 11th hussars, he served in germany and england. Stalingrad by antony beevor 9780141032405 boomerang books. Stalingrad is a narrative history written by antony beevor of the battle fought in and around the city of stalingrad during world war ii, as well as the events leading up to it. Military historian sir anthony beevor is urging politicians to fight censorship after one of his books was banned in ukraine. For a start it was almost like the tolstoy short story of how much land does a man need. It was a very close run battle for the city, but even if the germans had occupied the whole of the west bank of the volga at stalingrad that still wouldnt have signified a major victory in german terms, apart from having reached the symbolic astrakhanarchangel line which hitler had always defined as his ultimate objective. Stalingrad, which won the samuel johnson prize, the wolfson prize for history and the hawthornden prize for literature. It was first published by viking press in 1998 the book won the first samuel johnson prize, the wolfson history prize and the hawthornden prize for literature in 1999. As in his stalingrad, antony beevor skilfully combines the big picture of the developing strategic situation with a. He has had a number of books published and his bookstalingradwas. Sir antony beevor, the british historian, has demanded an apology after his awardwinning book about the battle of stalingrad was banned in ukraine in a dispute over a massacre of jewish children.
Acclaimed historian and bestselling author antony beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in second world war crete reissued with a new introduction. Sir anthony beevor slams ukraines preposterous ban on. Stalingrad, first published in 1998, won the first samuel johnson prize, the. The germans had no idea of the size of british and commonwealth forces on the island and in fact they very nearly lost the battle. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In august 1942, hitlers huge sixth army reached the city that bore stalins name. Stalingrad author anthony beevor speaks out over ukraine book. May 25, 2000 furthermore, nothing in this debate about strategy changes what i was writing about, which was the experience of the soldiers on both sides at stalingrad. The battle and the resistance runciman prize, stalingrad samuel johnson prize, wolfson prize for history and. Antony beevors stalingrad is a harrowing look at one of historys darkest. Buy stalingrad by antony beevor 9780141032405 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. Reissue by acclaimed historian antony beevor vividly bringing to life the epic struggles that took place in second world war crete. Stalingrad is a narrative history written by antony beevor of the battle fought in and around the city of stalingrad during world war ii, as well as the events. Over the past two decades, antony beevor has established himself as one of the worlds premier historians of wwii.
Antony beevors stalingrad is a harrowing look at one of historys darkest moments. Crete 1941 the battle and the resistance unabridged. The battle and the resistance runciman prize, stalingrad samuel johnson prize, wolfson prize for history and hawthornden prize, berlin. The battle and the resistance, which won the 1993 runciman award. One can smell the gun smoke and burning flesh, he includes incidents picked from those journals to provide astonishing realism. Prizewinning historian and bestselling author antony beevor lends his gift for storytelling to this important conflict, showing not only how the situation turned bad for allied forces, but also how ferocious cretan freedom fighters mounted a heroic resistance. He is the author of several books, including berlin, the spanish civil war, crete and.
The fall of berlin 1945 by antony beevor a historian describes germanys fall to the soviets in 1945, when civilians suffered the full fury and horror of war. He has published several popular histories on the second world war and the 20th century in general. The battle for normandy prix henry malherbe and the rusi westminster medal, the second world war, ardennes 1944 prix medicis. The second was the illconceived operation barbarossaan invasion of russia that was supposed to take the german army to the gates of moscow. Paris after the liberation, 19441949 written with his wife, artemis cooper.
Beevor clings to untenable positions even when all is lost. The battle and the resistance reprint by beevor, antony isbn. Hitler kept on increasing the scope of the campaign, he started off by saying on the 1st of june 1942 that if we dont capture the oil fields in the caucuses i might as well close the war, so for. In this book, master military historian, antony beevor, applies his proven technique of matching opposing units battle journals by date and time to reconstruct the clashes of the battles in vivid color and detail.
First published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the battle, and drawing on new sources and the experiences of key participants, this book recounts for the first time the fall of greece, the battle of crete and the resistance from 1941 to 1945. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stalingrad. Leesknowles lectures cambridge 20023 antony beevor 1. Leading british historian antony beevor has described a ukrainian ban on his awardwinning book stalingrad as utterly outrageous the bestselling history, winner of the 1999 samuel johnson. Praise for crete 1941 few battles in world war ii can surpass crete for high drama, both on land and sea. From independent historian beevor coauthor, paris after the liberation, 1994, etc. Sir antony beevor goes into battle as book on stalingrad. The battle of stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of world war ii. That the soviet regime was almost as unforgiving towards its own soldiers as towards the enemy is demonstrated by the total figure of,500 executions, both summary and judicial, during the battle of stalingrad. Now, in his newest and most ambitious book, he turns his focus to one of the bloodiest and most tragic events of the twentieth century, the second. His multiaward winning books have included stalingrad and the fall of berlin 1945. The battle for normandy prix henry malherbe and the rusi westminster medal, the second world war, ardennes 1944 prix medicis shortlist and arnhem.
Sir antony james beevor, frsl born 14 december 1946 is an english military historian. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Published by john murray 2005 acclaimed historian and bestselling author antony beevor vividly brings to life the epic struggles that took place in second world war crete reissued with a new introduction. Berlin the downfall, which received the first longman history today trustees.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Little did they know that the british, using ultra intercepts, had already laid a careful trap. His majestic earlier book, stalingrad, equips him to be the essential concomitant to write this final battle. Why do you think the major german advance in 1942 failed at stalingrad. The second was the illconceived operation barbarossaan invasion of russia that was. Orlando figes, the independent stalingrad by antony beevor is the greatest battle book ever written. Antony beevor was educated at winchester and sandhurst. It was further dehumanised by both sides in their propaganda. Jan 19, 2018 leading british historian antony beevor has described a ukrainian ban on his awardwinning book stalingrad as utterly outrageous the bestselling history, winner of the 1999 samuel johnson. In the fivemonth siege that followed, the russians fought to hold stalingrad at any cost. Crete by antony beevor, 9780719568312, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. But, as ipointed out, his book creates confusion about the command structure at stalingrad because of deep flaws in his understanding of the battle and the winter campaign.
Oct 04, 2007 buy stalingrad by beevor, antony isbn. The illprepared nazi forces were trapped in a bloody war of attrition against. The bestselling author of stalingrad and dday vividly reconstructs the epic wwii struggle for crete reissued with a new introduction. The 1998 bestseller stalingrad was barred for import last week. The germans expected their airborne attack on crete in 1941 a unique event in the history of warfare to be. Stalingrad antony beevor haftad 9780141032405 bokus. Stalingrad and researching the experience of war stalingrad was one of the most monstrous and inhuman battles ever known. The point of researching the subject was to find a. Stalingrad and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. Stalingrad by antony beevor penguin books australia. The battle for normandy, which received the royal united services institute westminster medal.
Leading british historian antony beevor has described a ukrainian ban on his awardwinning book stalingrad as utterly outrageous the bestselling history. Beevor, formerly of the 11th hussars, writes about that battle with a soldiers eye and a historians insight. But he demonstrates in his refusal to allow zhukov any credit for operation uranus that he is also incapable of reading david glantzs book accurately. The classic international million copy bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the second world war in october 1942, a panzer officer wrote stalingrad is. Stalingrad by beevor, anthony and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Real estate owners s surnames will county ilgenweb. Book tvs peter slen interviews antony beevor in london about his. Real estate owners extracted from history of will county, illinois wm.
131 78 1331 314 1142 1278 97 933 376 1402 1239 1067 614 1149 595 493 1123 1212 850 112 1165 177 1048 584 832 333 1327 199