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This week we look back at some of the bloodiest episodes of the Second World War, including the Eastern Front: the military battles may be long finished, but historians have not finished fighting over them. Ferdinand Mount enjoys and argues with with a history of meritocracy. We have three reviews of memoirs from people with gruelling jobs: a local journalist, a junior doctor, a teacher. Marina Warner takes us to Sicily: Lamorna Ash talks us through pasta. And much, much more.