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He has published several novels, and his works of nonfiction include the spanish civil war. Paris after the liberation, 19441949 written with his wife, artemis cooper. The battle and the resistance won the runciman prize, administered by the anglohellenic league for stimulating interest in greek history and culture. Published april 29th by penguin books first published get to know us. Crete 1941 the battle and the resistance unabridged. Fall of berlin, is a historical non fiction work by anthony beevor describing events of jan 1945 june 1945 as nazi germany and soviet red army fight out the battle of berlin. Over the past two decades, antony beevor has established himself as one of the worlds premier. Beevor beerlin on the problem of mass rape and identifies several distinct phases in how it was. Beevor gives context to the story by discussing the strategic importance of the battle and giving a decent overview of the battles in the balkans and greece, as well as some idea of events in north. Crete was a campaign unique in many respects, not the least of which was its ferocity.
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