![]() ![]() In this definitive, single-volume history of a war that continues to fascinate and horrify us in equal measure, Max Hastings brings together many different human stories, and touches on almost every country in the world. Many turned to a phrase, which although a cliche, summed things up: "All Hell's Let Loose!" Many men and women who lived through this catastrophe struggled to find the words to describe what they witnessed daily. Between 19, around 27,000 people died, every single day - most of them on the Eastern Front. ![]() ![]() This was a time when nearly everything which civilised people took for granted in peace time was destroyed. With its battlefields dispersed across the globe, the vastness of the Second World War was unparalleled. ![]()
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