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The World Crisis 1911-1918 - Part Three 1916-1918

By: Sir Winston Churchill
Narrated by: Christian Rodska
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Summary

Winston Churchill's superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War is a defining work of twentieth-century history.

With dramatic narrative power Churchill reconstructs the action on the Western and Eastern Fronts, the wars at sea and in the air and the advent of tanks and U-boats. The third and final part of Churchill's magisterial book includes the chapters Verdun, Jutland: The Encounter, The Battle of the Somme, The Intervention of the United States, Britain Conquers the U-boats, The Climax and Victory.

©1959 Charles Scribner's Sons 1931, renewed Winston S. Churchill (P)2009 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
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Winston at his best

Engaging memoirs, packed with a healthy dose of impressive self judgement. At its best when Winston speculates on how he could have won the war .... For both the allies and the hun.

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Truly excellent narration

A thrilling book elevated to greatness by a marvellous performance from the narrator.

Make sure you’ve listened to the previous two parts first.

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Great book covering the final 3 years of the war.

Enjoyed this book immensely, following all the major events which either had a hand in.

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PERFECT READER!!!!

An absolute unique performance; in an unusual approach to producing an audiobook, this recording have the history and the book, by Winston Churchill, rendered in a true, real-life voice approach by performer Christian Rodska. What could easily have turned into a farce, the marvelous performance by reader Rodska, not only saves the book, but brings the life and times of Winston Churchill so instantly into his own entire story of WW1. The book is a masterpiece of valuable first-hand insight by Churchill. The reading is a unique reenactment of Churchill himself in the given time-period of the history.

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History at it's best.

A history of the first world war by someone who was there. As you listen to it, you think about all the people who died in it. You realise just how bad it was. The words of Winston Churchill take you back to that time and tells what happen. Some of the best history I have every listen to. Christian Rodska is great he is just right for the voice of Winston Churchill great work.

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Excellent finish

Listened to all three books in this series and was riveted throughout. Brilliant. Well rotten and well read.

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Not perfect but still 5 stars.

Quite in depth with the reasoning as well as the results of a decision. That narrator captures the the essence of Churchill’s voice so it adds weight.

My only issue is that sometimes the timeline can be hard to follow when you move from naval action to land action.

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Incredibly moving… and shocking

Churchill starts by railing again the strategy of the army generals on the battlefields of France and Belgium (to fight a war of attrition in which they assume that Germany will run out of live people before the allies). He follows that with some detailed descriptions of events and tactics of battles at both sea and land in which he played a role or was present. Finally, he melts the hearts of readers by tingeing his enormous relief at the war ending with concerns that it might be followed soon by a further conflagration in Europe (he was writing around 1920). How right he was to worry thus.
After listening to all three audiobooks of the World Crisis, any doubts I may have had that Churchill was a great man are dispelled. But my main emotions are despair and disbelief that so many millions of people could have been sent to their (horrible) deaths by the leaders of their countries. Even though it was necessary to defend ourselves against the senseless, murderous aggression of Germany and its axis of collaborating countries, Churchill was in no doubt that we could have lost less people in doing so. Even Germany’s leaders were expecting to be suing for peace in late 1914 after initial, severe reversals. They did not expect to still be killing people by the tens or hundreds of thousands four years later. We must never forget that World War 1 killed 15-22 million people (and wounded about the same again). Books like this help us do that.

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Another masterful work

Another masterful account of the unfolding of the events of the final two years of WW1 from Churchill’s perspective as part of the government of the time. Full of detail of the thoughts, fears, disagreements and actions of the main government and military leaders of all nations, drawn from his personal interactions, forms fascinating insight into how the war unfolded. Again, wonderfully narrated by Christian Rodska.

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good narrative little detail

loved the sweep of the story and the narration but would have liked more specific details such as Churchill well presented in his second world war book

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