The vital thing for me is to integrate the history from above with the history from below because only in that way can you show the true consequences of the decisions of Hitler or Stalin or whomever on the ordinary civilians caught up in the battle.

His best known works the best-selling Stalingrad and Berlin - The Downfall 1945 recount the World War II battles between the Soviet Union and Germany. Beevor is a former officer with the 11th Hussars who served in England and Germany for five years before resigning his commission. O.

He has publiAntony Beevord several popular histories on World War II and the 20th century in general. He is also a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.