Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 Free Audiobook Download by Max Hastings

In this elaborate history of the Second World War, Hastings provides readers with a fascinating, panoramic vision of the war and its aftermath. The first part of his book is devoted to the years leading up to 1939, with an in-depth look at Hitler's rise. The second section focuses on the war itself, detailing how it was a global conflict that sent nations into oblivion and forged new ones out of the ashes.

This is a masterpiece of modern military history. It's the story of five years in which the world was on the brink of total war and might have come to that pass but for the actions of Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The narrative carries a sense of immediacy as it describes battles, political intrigue, and at times despair in settings from London to Moscow.

The narrator, Ralph Cosham, is unforgettable. [The speaker] is not an expert on the war, but he knows and loves history; he has a sense of position and place. He tells the story with all his heart.

Released by Penguin Audio in September, 1939, Max Hastings's Inferno: The World at War is the first volume in a trilogy of the events leading up to and during the Second World War. It is an intense look at the period from the start of to war with Germany on September 3, 1939 until V-E Day on May 8, 1945.

This record of World War II has been taken by many people to be the best, and it is narrated by Ralph Cosham. This audiobook download covers all the major events of the war and brings them alive in a way that makes it easy to understand what life was like.

The book is a true story of the war which determined who would rule the world. Britain, China and the US were at one point all fighting for their lives against Japan and Germany. It tells stories from different countries and wars such as Pearl Harbor, the Vietnam War, the Battle of Britain, World War II in Europe and even includes information about post-war love affairs.