Antony Beevor: The Soviet Union and the Second World War

In a special lecture for Pushkin House, Antony Beevor looks at myths and misunderstandings around the Soviet role in this conflict.

The controversy continues, both in the West and in Russia.

7th September 2021 marks both the 81st anniversary of the start of the Blitz in London, and the 76th anniversary of the 1945 Allied victory parade in Berlin, attended by Marshal Zhukov and Generals Patton and Robertson.

Sir Antony Beevor FRSL, FRHistS, was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst, where he studied military history under John Keegan. A regular officer with the 11th Hussars, he left the Army after five years to write. He has published four novels, and twelve books of non-fiction. His work has appeared in thirty-two foreign languages and sold more than eight million copies. According to the Bookseller, ‘Beevor is the bestselling historian of the BookScan era’.