This is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the Second World War. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and its far-reaching consequences for humanity.
This is a compact but comprehensive and absorbing history of the Second World War. It examines the causes of the war, how it was won and lost, and its far-reaching consequences for humanity.
R.A.C. Parker is a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.
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* Preface * Contents * List of Plates * List of Maps * 1: Hitler, Germany, and the origins of the European war * 2: German conquest of Poland, Norway, the Low Countries, and France * 3: Britain alone * 4: Operation BARBAROSSA: the German attack on the Soviet Union * 5: The United States enters the war: the origins of the Japanese attack * 6: Japanese victories and disappointments: December 1941 to August 1942 * 7: The end of German expansion: the Atlantic, North Africa, and Russia, 1942-1943 * 8: Anglo-American strategies for victory * 9: Economies at war * 10: Strategic bombing * 11: Morale * 12: Driving back the Germans: North Africa, Italy, and Russia * 13: D-Day and victory in Europe * 14: The defeat of Japan and the atom bomb * 15: From war to peace: Anglo-American relations * 16: From alliance to Cold War: the Soviet Union and the West * 17: The impact of war: the murder of the European Jews * 18: The impact of war: casualties, crisis, and change * Note on quotations * Book list * Index
* Preface * Contents * List of Plates * List of Maps * 1: Hitler, Germany, and the origins of the European war * 2: German conquest of Poland, Norway, the Low Countries, and France * 3: Britain alone * 4: Operation BARBAROSSA: the German attack on the Soviet Union * 5: The United States enters the war: the origins of the Japanese attack * 6: Japanese victories and disappointments: December 1941 to August 1942 * 7: The end of German expansion: the Atlantic, North Africa, and Russia, 1942-1943 * 8: Anglo-American strategies for victory * 9: Economies at war * 10: Strategic bombing * 11: Morale * 12: Driving back the Germans: North Africa, Italy, and Russia * 13: D-Day and victory in Europe * 14: The defeat of Japan and the atom bomb * 15: From war to peace: Anglo-American relations * 16: From alliance to Cold War: the Soviet Union and the West * 17: The impact of war: the murder of the European Jews * 18: The impact of war: casualties, crisis, and change * Note on quotations * Book list * Index
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