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The reason that 'Stalingrad' took off was because it emphasized the influence of history on the individual.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Because Emphasized History Individual Influence Off Reason Took

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In the Iraq war, for instance, so much of the information is digitized and can easily be wiped out. That will make it very hard to write accurate histories. Also, there's a much greater opportunity for suppression of information before it can even be archived.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Accurate Also Before Easily Even Greater Hard Histories Information Instance Iraq Iraq War Make Much Opportunity Out Suppression Very War Will Wiped Write

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I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Accounts Archives Come Days Descriptions Dozen Excellent Experiences Half Just Love Out Personal Poignant You

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At the beginning of June 1944, the war was reaching a climax. German troops had been brutalised by the savagery of the ongoing fighting in Russia, where the Red Army was secretly preparing its vast encirclement of the Germans' Army Group Centre.

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Topics: Army Been Beginning Centre Climax Fighting German Germans Group Had June Ongoing Preparing Reaching Red Russia Savagery Secretly Troops Vast War Where

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The greatest heroes of the Normandy battlefield were the unarmed medics, whom snipers often shot at despite their Red Cross armbands.

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Topics: Battlefield Cross Despite Greatest Heroes Often Red Shot Unarmed Were Whom

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The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers come to terms with the death of comrades by certain rituals.

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Topics: Armies Army Being Certain Clever Come Comrades Death Describe Emotional Great Help Intelligence Making Rituals Soldiers Terms Understand Why

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There are one or two very good women military historians who use imagination, great study and research; they can put themselves in the boots of the soldier.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Boots Good Great Historians Imagination Military One Or Two Put Research Soldier Study Themselves Two Use Very Who Women

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I love 'Blackadder,' but history it certainly ain't.

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Topics: Certainly History Love I Love

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I have come across both inspiring teachers of history and deplorable ones over the years, so one cannot generalise, except perhaps to observe that the profession seems to encourage anti-militarist sentiments.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Across Both Cannot Come Deplorable Encourage Except History Inspiring Observe Over Perhaps Profession Seems Sentiments Teachers Years

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Politicians are often tempted to deploy history as a weapon against each other.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Historian

Born: December 14th, 1946

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