The carnage that followed the doomed Warsaw Uprising of 1944 raises the question what was it all for — and who was responsible for its failure, writes Geoffrey Roberts.

General Zhukov is seen by many as a hero who defeated Hitler and by others as an egotistical brute. Either way he lives on in public consciousness in Russia today, writes Geoffrey Roberts

The Soviet Army endured terrible suffering — losing eight million soldiers — in its defeat of Nazi Germany, writes Geoffrey Roberts.

Treblinka, Chil Rajchman, MacLehose, €19.95

Edward Zwick is known – and lauded – for his ability to tell a good story on the grand scale (he directed the excellent American Civil War epic, 'Glory') and he is at his best in this adaptation of a true story.