“SOLDIERS! THE YEAR 1944 WILL BE very difficult. It is our joint task to transcend the purely defensive in its course and deal the adversary such heavy blows that finally the hour will come in which Providence can grant the victory to that nation which deserves it the most.”
As the broadcaster turned historian Jonathan Dimbleby goes on to detail in his excellent book Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War, it would not be Germany who would come out on top. In probably his finest book thus far, the titanic ideological war Hitler began against the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 climaxes in 1944 with the systematic destruction of the Führer’s armies in the east.
It has been a slightly odd experience to read this book during the great…
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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2024