Never Surrender

This multi-author anthology examines people and events that shaped the Second World War, including Stalingrad, the Holocaust, Hitler’s final days and the development of the atomic bomb. Its biographical pieces consider figures such as Winston Churchill, William Slim, Paddy Mayne and J. Robert Oppenheimer alongside broader accounts of military and political turning points.

Ben Macintyre is a contributor rather than the sole author, with material concerning Colditz and the prisoners held within the German fortress. Essays, interviews and narrative history are placed together to show how individual decisions, captivity, scientific work and national leadership affected the conduct and memory of the war.