Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 by Max Hastings--729 pages.
Hastings is a very engaging writer. His accounts of familiar stories about the war offer an even-handedness that is informative and refreshing. I had never read any detail before concerning the huge number of civilian casualties among Indian nationals fleeing Burma after the Japanese invasion, or the deaths and injuries on all sides of the battles around Budapest as the Soviets and their Partisans fought the Germans, the Hungarians, and the Black Arrow. Civilians caught hell here, as well. Never preachy or biased, Hastings has harsh (but fair) assessments of soldiers and statesmen on all sides of the conflict.
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