The World at War was one of the greatest television series of all time on the Second World War. This book is a record of all interviews with the participants from civilians to ordinary soldiers, from statesmen to generals and is a unique and irreplaceable oral history.
Richard Holmes, the author, was one of Britain’s most distinguished and eminent military historians and broadcasters. For many years Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Royal Military College of Science, he also taught military history at Sandhurst
A powerful anthology of poems written by Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Vera Brittain and many more who experienced the war first hand.
Thought-provoking and moving.