Europe At War 1939-1945 No Simple Victory

The Conventional narrative of the Second World War is well known: after six years of brutal fighting on land, sea and in the air, the Allied Powers prevailed and the Nazi regime was defeated. But as in so many things, the truth is more complex. Bringing his usual fresh eye to bear on a story we think we know, Norman Davies re-examines the history of the war in Europe. Powerfully argued, compellingly written and devastating in its conclusions, Davies forces us to look again at those six years and to discard the usual narrative of Allied good versus Nazi evil, reminding us that the war in Europe was dominated by two evil monsters, not by one.