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The Second World War
- Lu par : Sean Barrett
- Durée : 39 h et 17 min
- Catégories : Histoire, Militaire
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Description
A magisterial, single volume history of the greatest conflict the world has ever known by our foremost military historian.
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 effects.
Using the most up to date scholarship and research, Beevor assembles the whole picture in a gripping narrative that extends from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific and from the snowbound steppe to the North African Desert.
Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale, Beevor's The Second World War never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers and civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this, the most terrible war in history.
Read by Sean Barrett.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Magisca
- 21/08/2020
Thorough, horrifying and thought-provoking
This is an epic and detailed account of the horrifying events of the Second World War. I listened to it over a comparatively long period of time in order to let the facts sink in and to reflect on why we don’t appear to have learned more in the modern world. Wonderfully narrated by Sean Barrett. I highly recommend.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation4 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Samuel Tunnell
- 01/04/2017
One of the best histories of the War ever written
An excellent, thoroughly informative and detailed exploration of the conflict, with particular appeal to western readers, unaware of many of the details of the war in China covered at length in this complete history.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Martin
- 26/07/2012
Superb and enthralling - highly recommended.
Where does The Second World War, Part One: The Phoney War to Stalingrad rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Excellent Audible history - up there with the rude boys.
Have you listened to any of Sean Barrett’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
The narrator is excellent. This is a long listen, so the narration is especially important and Sean Barrett's clarity, diction and expression are first class.
Any additional comments?
The mix of grand strategic overview mixed with the words of soldiers and civilians make this brilliantly written history extremely engrossing. I'm eagerly looking forward to Part 2.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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- Paul Hannah
- 25/11/2016
This will become the seminal work on WWII
Truly global in its scope, any serious study of the war will necessarily include a careful reading of this work.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Nasim Shamlou
- 29/10/2020
I recommend this book so much! I loved it.
I especially liked the way things were put into more personal perspective, and also that it was very interesting and easy to follow.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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- sunny
- 13/02/2020
good
very well written , the author's concluding observations are worth remembering . it was a great book.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 27/01/2020
A compact, yet satisfying, history of the war
A great listen for Causal history enthusiasts. The writer did a fantastic job of cramming so much complicated history in this book, and he did it in an engaging and easy to follow manor.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Aske
- 01/08/2018
A good walkthrough of the war
Starting prewar and going through every major front to the postwar partition of Europe. Many forgotten bits are given a day in the spotlight. No individual bit gets the total work through and that's quite fine. This is an overview that let's one find bits of interest for further investigation. The narrator has a comfortable voice for such a long listen and does a remarkable job of pronouncing the non-English codenames and places.
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Andrei Ivanesei
- 26/08/2017
Good overview of the second world war
Mostly focused on Germany, US and USSR with very little time spent on the minor nations involved
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Christian Jorgensen
- 05/11/2016
Stunning and comprehensive
If you could sum up The Second World War in three words, what would they be?
Stunning, elaborate and comprehensive.
What other book might you compare The Second World War to and why?
It is definitely the best overall history of the Second World War I have read so far. It might be supplemented with a more analytical look at the war by reading Norman Davies "Europe at War 1939-1945. If one wants to explore the different campaigns further Beevor wrote great books on Berlin, D-Day and Stalingrad as well.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
The Great Tragedy
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Halldor
- 27/10/2013
Difficult subject matter, great narration.
Any additional comments?
The narration by Sean Barrett is simply outstanding and sensitive to the subject matter at hand.
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Global3 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation4 out of 5 stars
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- F-M
- 11/11/2012
Expected more from Antony Beevor
Great run over the second world war. But nothing new for those who have studied it already. Best on the Western campaigns and less in-depth on the complex Japanese/Chinese conflict. Hoped that Antony Beevor with his detailed knowledge would have tried to maintain an analytical overview of the war. However, instead he leads us through battle to battle and campaign to campaign in his usual entertaining style with lots of specific stories to bring the scenes alive. Maybe I was expecting too much.
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