I've read Churchill's The Second World War twice. It is a fantastic read, one that only someone with Churchill's position and perspective could have pulled off.
I've also recently become aware at how biased The Second World War is, precisely because it's written from Churchhill's position and perspective. The Second World War skips or over simplifies events where didn't have Churchill's direct involvement-- Finland, the Germany's invasion of Russia, the inner workings of Germany and Russia,
Inferno is much more comprehensive. It's also much more gruesome. It includes details from those on the front lines. It also talks through the politics and economies of Germany and Russian and how the impacted the war.
Germany's army was much much better than Russia's, yet Russia had a seemingly inexhaustible number of soldiers to send to battle. Every Russian solder that was gunned down by a German, consumed munitions, gas and food that Germany was running out of. A German General called it "Winning ourselves to death."
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