H P Willmott

The Great Crusade

A New Complete History of the Second World War, Revised Edition

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Produktbeschreibung

An updated edition of the classic survey of World War II's military history

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 125mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9781597971911
• ISBN-10: 159797191X
• Artikelnr.: 23310673

Autorenporträt

H. P. WILLMOTT

Inhaltsangabe

List of IllustrationsList of MapsPreface and Acknowledgments1: A New World
and a New WarVersailles SettlementLocarnoJapanese ImperialismCivil war in
ChinaManchurian CampaignRise of HitlerAbyssinian CrisisOccupation of the
RhinelandSpanish Civil WarCampaign in ChinaAnschlussMunich CrisisBritish
guarantee to PolandNazi-Soviet PactAnglo-Polish AllianceOutbreak of War2:
Conquest by InstallmentsHitler's leadershipPolish campaignWar at
seaScandinaviaThe Winter WarNorwegian campaignCampaign in Western
EuropeFall of FranceBalkans diplomacyEast AfricaBattle of BritainItaly and
the invasion of GreeceNorth AfricaCampaigns in Yugoslavia and GreeceBattle
for CreteBattle of the AtlanticOperation BarbarossaSoviet moves and
counter-attacksStart of the Pacific War3: Global ConflictAspects of the
Pacific WarPearl HarborSiam and MalayaInvasion of the PhilippinesHong Kong,
Borneo, campaign in the IndiesFall of SingaporeBurmaCoral SeaMidwayGermany
declares war on the United StatesBattle of the AtlanticNorth Africa and El
AlameinNew GuineaGuadalcanalGerman position, mid-1942Defeats in the Crimea,
KharkovAdvances towards Stalingrad and the CaucasusSoviet
counter-attackTorch landingsAxis retreat from Egypt and LibyaOperations:
Uranus, Little Saturn, Gallop, StarKharkov4: 1943 and the Eleventh
Principle of WarReview of 1943Casablanca conferenceAllied conferencesU.S.
policy in the Pacific, China, BurmaBattle of the AtlanticConvoy
lossesImpact of Allied sea powerStrategic air offensiveArea bombing
policyPointblank directiveWar economiesEastern FrontKurskWavering of
Germany's allies5: Time, Space and DoctrineProblems of Germany and Japan
comparedThe Pacific, 1943Campaigns in the Solomons, eastern New Guinea, the
GilbertsBurma: Arakan and Chindit operationsChinaTrukClearing of the
MarshallsHollandia operationU.S. landings in western New GuineaSaipanBattle
of the Philippine SeaMediterranean policyLandings in SicilyItalian
campaignOperation OverlordOperation Market GardenEastern FrontSoviet 1944
operationsDefection of Germany's alliesRetreat from Greece and southern
YugoslaviaDefense of Hungary6: Kalo'smiSituation in ChinaIchi-Go
offensiveImphal and KohimaJapanese defeats in the PacificBattle of Leyte
GulfCampaign on LuzonStrategic bombing campaigns against Germany and
JapanGerman recovery, late 1944Allied operations in France and the Low
CountriesArdennes campaignEastern FrontVistula-Oder offensiveLiberation of
the death campsClearing the west bank of the RhineYalta conferenceSoviet
drive on BerlinSuicide of HitlerGerman surrenderLiberation of PragueLast
months of Japanese warManhattan projectPotsdam declarationIwo JimaOkinawa
campaignHiroshima and NagasakiManchurian campaignJapanese surrender7: The
AccountingAppendixes and PostscriptBibliographyCampaign indexGeneral index