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The Second World War by Antony Beevor
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The Second World War

by Antony Beevor

British military historian Antony Beevor’s magisterial, single-volume history on the Second World War was published in 2012. It has been translated into 21 languages and was a bestseller in countries across the globe.

We interviewed Antony Beevor at the time of this book’s release, about the best books on World War II.

The book, according to the author

“I start with the Battle of Khalkhyn Gol on the Manchurian Mongolian border in 1939. This was a battle between the Soviets and Japan and it was one of the most influential battles in the whole of World War II. You have all of these knock-on effects between the Pacific War and the European War and that was what prompted me to write the book.”

Antony Beevor, Five Books interview on the best books on the World War II

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