Book Review: Victor Davis Hanson's "The Second World Wars"

self | 7/19/2020 | LS

[LS]

You might find this interesting.

[Bonemaker]

“...Free men have faith in their societies and their armies. ...”

We used to...before Obama.

[yarddog]

Someone here on FR pointed out that the Russians averaged losing 5000 men a day for the entire war.

I did not think that possible but did some quick figuring and it was true!

[djstex]

Yes and thanks for the ping!
Respect Victor Hanson for so many years and remains steady as a voice of reason!
I cannot praise him enough.

[rlmorel]

Great book. Great book. Loved it.

[rlmorel]

I enjoy his perspective...

[BRL]

I thought Hitler was motivated by two things....eradicating the Jews and his belief in expanding the Germanic people into Ukraine and the east. The two were equal motivations. Lebensraum

[17th Miss Regt]

That is a low daily figure. It yields about 7,200,000 lost. The Soviets admitted to 20,000,000 lost and some more recent figures range up to 30-35,000,000 lost.

[Rusty0604]

Interesting, thanks.

[nwrep]

Thanks for the critique, it was well written, and I learned from it. It is not easy to write a book on a subject that is so well covered in human history.

A recent book that covers the WWII from a unique perspective (hard to do) is "The German War: A Nation Under Arms".

[CarolinaPeach]

I very much enjoy VDH’s lectures and always appreciate his commentary.

Peach

[tatown]

Excellent Larry!

[Nailbiter]

ping

[djstex]

I have to admit been a long time follower of his.
He's never waiver in my opinion!
I find him among the best! I am glad Fox on Tucker allows him his comments on a regular basis ,because so many never heard of him.

[mylife]

I hear it is an excellent book

[Peter W. Kessler]

Has VDH ever been asked to speak at the annual Conference and Symposium at the WWII Museum in New Orleans?

I’ve been attending these for almost 10 years. They are, generally, excellent. Mr. (Dr.?) Hanson would certainly be a welcome speaker.

Trouble is, I believe the Museum staff lean a little left; more so in recent years. I believe the majority of attendees lean in quite the opposite direction.

[Tijeras_Slim]

And quite telling was that the Soviets executed more of their own soldiers in ‘41 - ‘42 than we lost in Vietnam.

[mylife]

I find it strange that we fought Russia for decades and we are in a world war now with china but back then ,they were uncomfortable allies.

[yarddog]

In his huge six volume “History Of WWII” Churchill mentions that we were worse off after winning the war than we were before the war began, mainly by what Russia gained.

For instance Britain declared war after the Germans invaded Poland then let Russia keep it.