The Second World War: The Grand Alliance

His diaries are probably the most evocative books I have ever listened to. A absolutely awesome man who thrived in the most complex and terrible period of our worlds history. Incredible stuff.

I've been riveted by the first three parts of Churchill's mastery story of the Second World War of which this is the third. Even though much of the narration relates to the strategy behind and execution of battles I found this book gripping, filling me with awe over Churchill's stamina and single-minded dedication to his tasks. In retrospect it's frightening to think of the risks he took flying hither and thither to speak face to face with Roosevelt, Stalin and various other leaders as the war raged. I am struck by his patient diplomacy, humility and willingness to admit mistakes, but at the same time being fearless in his quest to save Western Civilization. This book tells the stories of the USSR's heroic struggles and of disaster and then triumph in North Africa when, at last, the Allies started to have successes. I've down-loaded the fourth and final part of this monumental work and will start listening right away. It's a testament to Churchill's fine writing (and Christian Roska's outstanding narration) that such a wealth of detail about war should be so engrossing.

Winston Churchill is a great writer besides being a great Prime Minister. Really good to hear it form his point of view rather than from others writing about him or the war. You definitely realise this was a man ahead of his time, and one of the few to really get Hitler.

I have listened to all of the books in the series now. They are some of the best history I have every listened to. Christian Rodska could not be better, at times you think you are listening to Winston Churchill him self. If you want to know what happen during the second world war from someone who was at the centre of world affairs, then listen to The second world war By Winston Churchill. I can't wait to listen to them again.

This is as a whole a fascinating account of the Second World War, and this volume is itself no less than that, dealing as it does with the momentous entry of the US into the war. Very comprehensible, it makes the events and the thinking behind them accessible to any alert listener: it is of course told on a vast scale, even in this abridged version, but one really starts to feel one has a grasp of the totality of events. Rodska narrates beautifully: at times one quite loses track that it is not Churchill speaking. Undoubtedly the best large-scale narrative I have ever read, in terms of it being a ripping yarn, excitingly written, by a man who was at the centre of it all, and here it is excellently presented.