

The Storm of War
A New History of the Second World War
Author: Andrew Roberts
Narrator: Christian Rodska
Unabridged: 14 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 07/26/2011
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Wars, World War Ii
Synopsis
In researching this magnificently vivid history, Roberts walked many of the key battlefields and wartimes sites in Russia, France, Italy, Germany, and the Far East, and drew on a number of never-before-published documents, such as a letter from Hitler's director of military operations explaining the reasoning behind the Führer's order to halt the Panzers outside Dunkirk—a delay that enabled British forces to evacuate. Roberts illuminates the principal actors on both sides and analyzes how they reached critical decisions. He also presents the tales of many little-known individuals whose experiences form a panoply of the extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the terrible depravity and cruelty, of the Second World War.
Meticulously researched and masterfully written, The Storm of War gives a dramatic account of this momentous event and shows in remarkable detail why the war took the course it did.