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From Britains finest military historian The Economist comes a magisterial new history of World War II and the flawed axis strategy that led to their defeat. 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 wars outcome Why did the Axis lose And could they, with a different strategy, have won Andrew Robertss acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the warthe grand strategy and the individual experience, the cruelty and the heroismas 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 Hitlers director of military operations explaining the reasoning behind the Fhrers order to halt the Panzers outside Dunkirka delay that enabled British forces to evacuate.
