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Summary Of The Second World War A Complete History By Martin Gilbert

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“The Second World War – A Complete History” by Martin Gilbert is an expansive piece of work covering the day by day events of WWII from September 1939 to August 1945, ending with two chapters on the aftermath of the world’s largest war. It is an enormous amount of information to cover in a single volume. The book is presented in a strictly chronological format without explanation of historical or political background, creating a tiresome list of events that never come together. Undaunted by the amount of information, Miller chose to add to it specific accounts of the horrors committed throughout the war in disturbing detail which equates to a serious flawed book that is extremely difficult to read. Gilbert lays out his goal in writing this …show more content…

For example, he never explains the Germans making it into Italy. Not the how, when or details of numbers. Other battles are so chopped up with erroneous information making it nearly impossible to pull all the pieces together. This happens with both Stalingrad and St. Petersburg. One moment the reader is learning about the German advance pressing eastward less than 100 miles from Stalingrad and the next sentence is about Churchill traveling to Cairo where he learns of German forces in the Caucasus from, “Chief of the Imperial General Staff, General Sir Alan Brooke.” This structure is head spinning and somewhat pompous with the ridiculous use of every single persons full name and complete rank. The war on the Eastern front seems only to be mentioned in passing. It is hardly a complete history. There are, however, a few bright spots. The book contains an extensive bibliography assembled by Gilbert throughout the course of his historical work, containing both documentary and factual material. The maps spread throughout the text, as well as the 28 regional maps found in the back of the book, are easy to read and very detailed. The middle section of black and white pictures depicting various dates, locations and events are quite interesting, although somewhat disturbing at times, giving visual images to go along with Gilbert’s graphic recounting of war

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