Bücher von Antony Beevor

The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning and ferocious fighting of the war, at times as savage as anything seen on the Eastern Front. As casualties mounted, so too did the tensions between the principal commanders on both sides. Meanwhile, French civilians caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of Liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation but the whole of the post-war world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe.Making use of overlooked and new material from over thirty archives in half a dozen countries, D-Day is the most vivid and well-researched account yet of the battle of Normandy. As with Stalingrad and Berlin, Antony Beevor's gripping narrative conveys the true experience of war.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Ardennes 1994 by Antony Beever, read by Sean Barrett. On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched his last gamble in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes on the Belgian/German border. Although Hitlers generals were doubtful of success, younger officers and NCOs were desperate to believe that their homes and families could be saved from the vengeful Red Army approaching from the east. The Ardennes offensive, with more than a million men involved, became the greatest battle of the war in western Europe. In January 1945, when the Red Army launched its onslaught towards Berlin, the once-feared German war machine was revealed to be broken beyond repair. The Ardennes was the battle which finally broke the Wehrmacht.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'RECOUNTS, IN HARROWING DETAIL AND WITH FORMIDABLE SKILL, THE BRUTAL DEATH-THROES OF HITLER'S REICH AT THE HANDS OF THE RAMPAGING RED ARMY' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'Makes us feel the chaos and the fear as if every drop of blood was our own . . . compellingly readable, deeply researched, and beautifully written' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Spectator'An irresistibly compelling narrative, of events so terrible that they still have the power to provoke wonder and awe' Adam Sisman, Observer'A masterpiece' Michael Burleigh, Guardian'Brilliant. Combines a soldier's understanding of war's realities with a novelist's eye for detail' Orlando Figes, Sunday Times'Startling, chilling, compelling. Beevor's writing burns like a torch at night in a landscape of ruins' LiteraryReview'Powerful, diligently researched and beautifully written . . . even better than Stalingrad' Andrew Roberts, Mail on SundayThe Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with tanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks, mass rape, pillage and destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze to death or were massacred because Nazi Party chiefs, refusing to face defeat, had forbidden the evacuation of civilians. Over seven million fled westwards from the terror of the Red Army.Antony Beevor reconstructs the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse, telling a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanatacism, revenge and savagery, but also one of astonishing endurance, self-sacrifice and survival against all odds.

Das umfassende Standardwerk zum Zweiten WeltkriegIn seiner von der Presse gefeierten erzählerischen Gesamtschau des Zweiten Weltkriegs zeichnet Antony Beevor ein eindringliches Bild der politischmilitärischen Geschehnisse, die den opferreichsten Krieg der Menschheit bestimmten, wobei er den geläufigen Eurozentrismus perspektivisch hinter sich lässt und auch dem Schicksal einfacher Soldaten, dem Leid der Zivilbevölkerung und den Verbrechen an den Entrechteten gerecht wird.

Der Spanische Bürgerkrieg wurde zum Trauma für das moderne Spanien und ist in der Gesellschaft bis heute spürbar. Im Kampf der Volksfront, die von großen Teilen der europäischen Intellektuellen ideell und militärisch (in internationalen Brigaden) unterstützt wurde, gegen die Nationalisten unter General Franco, hinter dem das nationalsozialistische Deutschland und das faschistische Italien standen, bekämpften sich die beiden großen Ideologien des Jahrhunderts. Antony Beevor erzählt die Geschichte des Spanischen Bürgerkriegs und seiner Folgen aus der Perspektive des 21. Jahrhunderts. Meisterhaft entwirrt er die komplexen gesamtpolitischen und die innerspanischen Ursachen des Krieges und zeigt den dramatischen Verlauf bis hin zur katastrophalen Niederlage der Republikaner 1939.