The Storm of War [A New History of WWII] - Andrew Roberts

The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion, and claimed the lives of more than 50 million people. What were the factors that affected the war’s outcome? Why did the Axis lose? And could they, with a different strategy, have won?



From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the warfare, the grand strategy, the individual experience, the cruelty and the heroism as never before.



In researching this magnificently vivid history, Roberts walked many of the key battlefields and wartime sites in Russia, France, Italy, Germany, and the Far East, and drew on a number of never before published documents, such as a letter from Hitler’s director of military operations explaining the reasoning behind the Fuhrer’s order to halt the Panzers outside Dunkirk, a delay that enabled British forces to evacuate.



Roberts illuminates the principal actors on both sides and analyzes how they reached critical decisions. He also presents the tales of many little known individuals whose experiences form a panoply of the extraordinary courage and self-sacrifice, as well as the terrible depravity and cruelty, of the Second World War.





Unabridged

Narrated By: Christian Rodska

Duration: 28:35:11

Bitrate: 64kbps