D-Day. Antony Beevor (p2)

Part 1 | Part 2 Internationally acclaimed historian Antony Beevor talks at the Melbourne Writers Festival about his vivid and engaging opus, D-Day: The Battle For Normandy, the...

[@ropeburnsrussell]

Beevor is a wonderful writer and I enjoyed his talk.

[@bertplank8011]

Beevor along with Hastings are two of the leading jewish historians today....Top notch.

[@jonny1yz]

Excellent!!

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Old school historians spoon fed us heroic narrative. Contemporary historians like to rub our noses in the shit. Much appreciated.

[@FallNorth]

Suez was at the tail end of the national service period, an uncle of mine was over there. he's a nice "holiday" snap with his mate in a kilt on the Canal :) (Yes, the Scottish regiments actually had their kilts with them on that, maybe had some nice ventilation "down below" in the heat!).

[@michaelswami]

Terrific

[@RemoteViewr1]

Fascinating facts, insights, and perspectives.

[@thevillaaston7811]

Beevor was in and out of Army in about 3 years.

[@bigwoody4704]

@@thevillaaston7811 did you study at Sandhurst under John Keegan?No you get your history from your keister

[@thevillaaston7811]

Remote viewer Would you like to know how long Beevor served during the Second World War?

[@bigwoody4704]

The babble is getting worse - the Holidays are approaching - get some help

[@thevillaaston7811]

Remote Viewer Better to read works by people who were actually there.

[@seth1422]

I wonder why the Japanese archives are so difficult. Is it equally unhelpful to Foreign and Japanese historians?

[@McIntyreBible]

18:00, someone from the audience asks Beevor whether Western democracies produce less decisive leaders.

[@IFStravinsky]

After hearing this, I wonder how the allies ever managed to win the war.

[@piushalg8175]

Fact is that the french communists were told not to resist the Germans as long as Germany was allied with the Soviet Union (Hitler-Stalin-Pact). Only after the german invasion of the Soviet-Union in july 1941 the comunistst started to fight against the germain occupiers. Such was the power of comrade Stalin over these deeply "humanistic" french "patriotic" communists!

[@tutts999]

Along with Sir Max Hastings two of the best authors on WW2.

[@thevillaaston7811]

Neither of who were anywhere near it.

[@calengr1]

~15m was 1956 Suez crisis and IKE response influenced by WW2 experience ? 16:30 battle of the memoirs...Montgomery was somewhat unbalanced and exaggerated his role 17:19 a politician making a false parallel e.g. Eden comparing Nasser to AH ...in search of the Churchillian mode....18:35 W democracies need to minimize casualties and rely upon bombs that causes for civilian casualties; 21:05 Pacific War and Japanese archives

[@calengr1]

2:31 German exhaustion and how they were prepared; 4:10 Fr civilians shot...fantastic tales of Fr women

[@calengr1]

5:45 apocryphal tale USA tanker and French farmer

[@calengr1]

~25 min evolution of Strain vs Hit in trusting generals

[@calengr1]

13:12 German troops forbidden from smoking in public

[@terrysmith9362]

Beavor knows which side of the bread is buttered. Sells the truth for a $

[@64MDW]

And you work for free?

[@terrysmith9362]

@@64MDW you make my point. He writes to maximise his earnings

[@thevillaaston7811]

Spot on Terry. well stated.

[@OldWolflad]

@@thevillaaston7811 I agree, a lot of people are seeing this perspective

[@TarpeianRock]

What a pointless and disingenuous comment : the man writes history, does research, sells books and earns money for that. What exactly is your problem with that ?