War and Remembrance (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Hermann Wolk
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: A great work in the history of world literature that presents a panoramic view of the real process of World War II. This book and its companion piece are the largest works in the history of modern literature that present a panoramic view of the real process of World War II. As the author said, "it is a great effort to depict a true and grand picture of a large-scale world war." The book features a large number of characters, from the highest leaders of the warring nations like Roosevelt, Churchill, and Hitler to ordinary soldiers and common people. The story begins in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland, the outbreak of World War II, and ends in 1945 with Japan's surrender and the war's conclusion, covering most major battlefields and significant events. The war history described in the book is all real, and the numerical data cited is reliable. Everything, from the words and actions of prominent figures, is drawn from official history—all of this, combined with the author's deeply moving literary style, has made this a "novel with the grandeur of an epic."