| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
xii, 372 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-364) and index. |
| Contents |
1. World War I: the great turning point -- 2. The legacy of World War I -- The rise of the dictators -- 4. The road to war -- 5. Blitzkrieg in the East, Sitzkrieg in the West -- 6.Complications in the North: Finland, Denmark, Norway -- The fall of France -- Britain is still an island -- 9. The plot thickens: the Mediterranean and the Balkans -- 10. Operation Barbarossa: dream of Lebensraum -- 11. Hitler's new order in Europe -- 12. America enters the war -- 13. Japan triumphant, December 1941-May 1942 -- 14. The tide turns in the Pacific -- 15. The tide turns in Europe: Stalingrad and El Alamein -- 16. The second front question and the invasion of North Africa -- 17. Probing the underbelly: Sicily and Italy -- 18. War in the Atlantic -- 19. Target Germany: the allied bombing offensive -- 20. Total war and the home front -- 21. Russia moves West, 1943-44 -- 22. Cross-channel invasion at last: D Day to the German border -- 23. The end of the thousand-year reich -- 24. Island hopping in the Pacific -- 25. War on the periphery: China, Burma, India -- 26. The collapse of Japan. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945.
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| Added Title |
World War Two |
|
World War 2 |
| ISBN |
0130977691 |
|
9780130977694 |
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