Allport’s Book ‘Advance Britannia’ Reviewed in the London Sunday Times

October 31, 2025

The Sunday Times

Alan Allport

History Department

Center for European Studies

Conflict

Europe

The Sunday Times

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Alan Allport

Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942-1945 (Penguin Random House, 2026), written by Alan Allport, Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History, was reviewed in London's The Sunday Times.

“There is no silly sensationalism in this book, merely sound storytelling and measured judgments. The author writes of ‘that particular German approach to war-making in the first half of the 20th century—tactical ingenuity in the service of strategic vacuity,’ says Max Hastings, Sunday Times book critic.

Read the full review via The Sunday Times website.