Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial Stalingrad as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle. In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore Stalin's name. In the five month siege that followed, the Russians fought to ho[...]

Antony Beevor's "The Mystery of Olga Chekhova" is the true story of a family torn apart by revolution and war. Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow [...]

Antony Beevor's "Stalingrad" is a harrowing look at one of history's darkest moments. In October 1942, a panzer officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town...Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure'. The battle for Stalingrad became the focus of Hitler a[...]

“The best account yet written on the death knell of Hitler’s vaunted Thousand Year Reich.”—Carol D’Este, The New York Times Book Review

The Red Army's invasion of Berlin in January 1945 was one of the most terrifying examples of fire and sword in history. Fren[...]

In his latest work, Antony Beevor--bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 and one of our most respected historians of World War II--brings us the true, little-known story of a family torn apart by revolution and war. Olga Chekhova, a stunning Russian beauty, was the niece of pl[...]

The #1 internationally bestselling history of "D-Day" is now enhanced with rare video footage from the NBC News Archives for the ultimate narrative of the battle for Normandy.
"Glorious, horrifying..."D-Day" is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and wo[...]

Unabridged CDs ? 14 CDs, 18 hours
The definitive account of the Normandy invasion by the bestselling author of "Stalingrad" and "The Fall of Berlin 1945."
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The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific and China, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effe[...]

A masterful and comprehensive new chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor.
Over the past two decades, Antony Beevor has established himself as one of the world's premier historians of WWII. His multi-award winning books have included "Stalingrad" and "Th[...]

From the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day, Antony Beevor's Ardennes. 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble tells the story of the German's ill-fated final stand. On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes. He believed he coul[...]

The civil war that tore Spain apart between 1936 and 1939 and attracted liberals and socialists from across the world to support the cause against Franco was one of the most hard-fought and bitterest conflicts of the 20th century: a war of atrocities and political genocide and a military testing gro[...]

Den spanske borgerkrigen startet i 1936 da den nasjonalistiske generalen Francisco Franco gjorde opprør mot den sittende regjeringen. Etter tre år endte den med at han kom til makten som fascistdiktator.Antony Beevor forteller om et Spania som står i brann. Franco støttes av Tyskland med sine bo[...]

Den andre verdenskrig begynte i august 1939 i Mandsjurias ytterkant, og endte i samme område nøyaktig seks år senere med Sovjetunionens invasjon av det nordlige Kina. Krigen i Europa fremstod fullstendig adskilt fra krigen i Stillehavet og Kina, likevel hadde begivenheter på hver sin side av klo[...]