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Sir Antony James Beevor, FRSL (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. He has published several popular historical works, mainly on the Second World War , the Spanish Civil War , and most recently the Russian Revolution and Civil War .
Berlin: The Downfall 1945 (also known as The Fall of Berlin 1945 in the US) is a narrative history by Antony Beevor of the Battle of Berlin during World War II. It was published by Viking Press in 2002, then later by Penguin Books in 2003. The book achieved both critical and commercial success.
The Second World War is a 2012 narrative history of World War II by the British historian Antony Beevor. The book starts with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, [1] and covers the entire Second World War. It ends with the final surrender of Axis forces. [2]
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. It was first published by Viking Press in 1998.
Antony Beevor said that Market Garden "was a bad plan right from the start and right from the top". [12] The Germans counter attacked the Nijmegen salient but failed to retake any of the allied gains. Arnhem was finally captured by the Allies in April 1945, towards the end of the war.
The assault by the 1st Belorussian Front started with an intense artillery bombardment. According to Beevor and Ziemke, Heinrici and Busse had anticipated the attack and withdrew their defenders from the first line of trenches just before the Soviet artillery would have obliterated them. Whereas according to a report to Stalin, Zhukov claimed that:
Antony Beevor (2006). The battle for Spain: the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-303765-1. Andre Malraux: Tragic Humanist (1963) by Charles D. Blend, Ohio State University Press (LCCN 62-19865) Mona Lisa's Escort: André Malraux and the Reinvention of French Culture (1999) by Herman Lebovics, Cornell University Press.
According to historian Antony Beevor, in contrast, Soviet aviation apparently succeeded in destroying more than 500 Luftwaffe aircraft on the ground. [175] The Soviet deception efforts were so successful that German estimates issued in mid-June placed the total Soviet armoured strength at 1,500 tanks. [176]