Edition |
First American edition. |
Description |
608 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Note |
First published London : Hutchinson, c1989. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-598). |
Contents |
Every man a soldier -- Fomenting world war -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945.
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Added Title |
2nd World War.
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ISBN |
0670823597: $22.95 |
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