The Second World War
New York : Penguin Books, 2005.
Format: Book
Description: 608 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Examines each theater of the war, focusing on five crucial battles and offering new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare.
Contents:
Prologue. Every man a soldier ; Fomenting world war -- pt. I. The war in the West 1940-1943. The triumph of blitzkrieg ; Air battle: the Battle of Britain ; War supply and the Battle of the Atlantic -- pt. II. The war in the East 1941-1943. Hitler's strategic dilemma ; Securing the eastern springboard ; Airborne battle: Crete ; Barbarossa ; War production ; Crimean summer, Stalingrad winter -- pt. III. The war in the Pacific 1941-1943. Tojo's strategic dilemma ; From Pearl Harbor to Midway ; Carrier battle: Midway ; Occupation and repression ; The war for the islands -- pt. IV. The war in the West 1943-1945. Churchill's strategic dilemma ; Three wars in Africa ; Italy and the Balkans ; Overlord ; Tank battle: Falaise ; Strategic bombing ; The Ardennes and the Rhine -- pt. V. The war in the East 1943-1945. Stalin's strategic dilemma ; Kursk and the recapture of western Russia ; Resistance and espionage ; The Vistula and the Danube ; City battle: the siege of Berlin -- pt. VI. The war in the Pacific 1943-1945. Roosevelt's strategic dilemma ; Japan's defeat in the south ; Amphibious battle: Okinawa ; Super-weapons and the defeat of Japan ; The legacy of the Second World War.
ISBN:
0143035738
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Kee | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-598) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-598) and index.