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Us today; you tomorrow

WW2 is conventionally dated to September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, but its origins can reasonably be traced back to 1935 when Fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia

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Tales of derring-do: Author Sir Max Hastings can turn historical accounts into gripping adventure yarns. Photo: Awakening/Getty Images

On their radar: How Allies captured Hitler’s technology

If the history of war is your thing, this book will blow you out of the water

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