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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]
The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
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.
Why the Allies Won: Explaining Victory in World War II. London: Pimlico. ISBN 978-0-7126-7453-9. Pogue, F. C. (1950). "D-Day to the Breakout". The Supreme Command. United States Army in World War II The European Theater of Operations. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. OCLC 252766501
Defeat in European theatre of World War II [115] [116] Fumimaro Konoe Japan: 1945: Cyanide: Accused of war crimes [117] Milan Nedić (disputed) Serbia: 1946: Jumped from prison window: Imprisonment after defeat in World War II [118] Johannes Vares (disputed) Estonia: 1946: Gunshot: Disillusion with Soviet system [119] [120] Tawfik Abu Al-Huda ...
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