we want to learn more abt that period, especially ww2 (more as a hobby than for anything serious) but:
a) were bad at reading like, high-level/academic/dense stuff
b) most of the easy-to-read pop stuff is shit
so were looking for good works kinda in the middle, that have good or at least decent factual rigor but arent a slog to read. for a reference point, Richard Evans' 3rd reich trilogy felt easy enough to read and comprehend
not rly looking for memoirs or then-contemporary works/accounts, theres a million lists for those we can look at for suggestions
interwar stuff 100% included in scope
leftist/communist bent is good but absolutely not mandatory, but not looking for like, polemics (nothing wrong w polemics its just not very much what were looking for)
Ty for the extensive recs! Night Witches sounds rly good, gonna check that out
Weve tried reading some of Glantzs other stuff but he is unfortunately too dry w too many numbers, dates, names and units densely packed together for what were looking forπ΅βπ«
One memoir among multiple recs is fine, haha