"If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles."

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About Antony Beevor

Antony Beevor is a British military historian and author. He was born on 1946-12-14 and is known for bestselling works on the Second World War including Stalingrad and Berlin. He was knighted for services to literature.

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