Harrowing

I wanted to know about the past in more detail, the scale, the devastation is almost beyond belief. We need as people to ensure this never happens again.

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Great piece of historical/factual story telling..

I was looking for a book that would give me all the factual information, key points and high lights of WWII and this book really did not disappoint, in fact it gave me more. I loved how the listener was given the information from the first hand perspective as service men gave their account of their personal experiences. Long listening time (over 24 hours) but well other the time.

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Detailed account of the multi faceted conflict

A great listen giving stories and accounts of battles and suffering throughout world war 2.

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Simply beautiful

The story of the Twins at DDay had me in tears being a twin myself. Simply amazing. 5 stars

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So informative

An incredible explanation with the perfect level of detail. I now have a far stronger idea of the whole war picture

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Very American

The story is good, gave me a lot of information I didn’t know and I’m very into my World War history so Im glad I listened. However, there’s not much mention about Britain in the war even though the Brits were in the war from start to finish. And there’s in next to no mention of the Russian campaign, who again had a massive part in the war. It’s just very typical from an American, America did everything in the war and won the war and no one else was involved. Disappointed with it because it started off well but after the chapter about pearl harbour, next to no mention about the British, French, Russian, Polish and all other countries involved in the war.

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Disappointed!!

I was disappointed with this book, I found it to completely American biased, after a brief half hour skimming over the British pre USA war effort the rest only dealt with America’s part in the 2nd world war, you would have thought Britain played no further part after USA belatedly joined. I only read about half of it before giving up in disgust. Also the narrator wasn’t very good in my opinion, he just seemed to read in a matter of fact way without any drama.

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massively miss-titled

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. Very misleading. I got this book to learn more about WWII as a whole. This was not what i got. I would recommend this book to all my American friends because that is who this book was written by and for.

What was most disappointing about Donald L. Miller and Henry Steele Commanger ’s story?

This book should have been titled AN AMERICANS OPINION OF HOW THE AMERICANS BEAT THE NAZIS AND THE JAPANESE. There was hardly any mention of the Allied forces unless is was to say something they didn't do or failed to achieve. Apparently it wasn't even a world war till the Americans joined. "They didn't want to make it worse"! That's want this guy said. Not by choice i might add. It wasn't until they got sucker punched at Pear Harbor that they gave a damn about this European scuffle. It WAS a World war and that is already pretty bad in my books. I could only listen to this book in small chunks because the shear disrespect given to the Allied forces. The RAF fire bombing of the German city of Dresden was an "horrific act of barbarism" but when the US air force burnt Tokyo's main housing districts to the ground just to kill the thousands strong workforce was "just war" oh and the two nukes they dropped was the best way to end the war to save American lives. Not quite sure the moral levels were quite set to an un bi-est level.

What about Michael Kramer’s performance did you like?

I can't hold anything against the Mr Kramer. He did a good job of reading the book.

Did The Story of World War II inspire you to do anything?

I inspired me to find another way to learn about the second world war from an un bi-est source.

Any additional comments?

If your an American then grab your finest red, white and blue and prepare to march down the street waving the flag while whistling Dixie. If your are British, European, or even from any other country that was involved in the second world war then prepare yourselves for a tale how the Americans saved the world.

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Title it: The American Story of World War II

Would you try another book written by Donald L. Miller and Henry Steele Commanger or narrated by Michael Kramer?

Yes

Would you ever listen to anything by Donald L. Miller and Henry Steele Commanger again?

yes

Any additional comments?

My father fought with RAF during WWII and I was looking forward to listening to a balanced account of that terrible conflict. From the early chapters this book was clearly going to be another title on how America won the war, helped occasionally by the allied forces. I dislike not finishing any book and persevered with this one until chapter 13 then gave up. Very disappointing.

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Should be called the American story of World War 2

I wanted a collective, impartial, documentary-like account of WW2.

This is absolutely the American perspective of American military action in WW2, with lots of ‘Americana’ thrown in.

The title is misleading.

It is not a bad audio book per say, and has lots of details specifically about what the Americans did , but it is not what I was after.

The title is misleading and it is not impartial.

Hard to recommend in that case.

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