David Horner, Robin Havers, Alastair Finlan, Mark J Grove, Philip D. Grove, Paul Collier, Geoffrey Jukes, Russell Hart, Stephen A. Hart

The Second World War (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together the work of nine leading historians, and superbly illustrated with contemporary photography and colour maps, The Second World War gives readers a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of history's greatest conflict.

The period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating and remarkable events in living memory. Labouring beneath a daily burden of fear, sacrifice, deprivation and uncertainty, soldiers and civilians of all nationalities were driven to extremes of selfless loyalty, dogged determination or bitter cruelty by the demands of a world at war.

This book tells the stories of the men and women who lived and died during the Second World War, from politicians to factory workers, and from High Command to the conscripted men on the front lines. The experience of war is brought to life through a wealth of contemporary documentation, private writings and historical research, whilst the political, military and historical significance of the war is assessed and examined.

From Europe's Western and Eastern Fronts to the war at sea, and from the Pacific to the Mediterranean and North Africa, every fighting front of the Second World War is covered in this truly comprehensive volume.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472833945
• Artikelnr.: 54254218

Autorenporträt

David Horner is an emeritus professor at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian University, Canberra, where he was previously professor of Australian defence history. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, who served as an infantry platoon commander in South Vietnam, Colonel Horner is the author of over thirty books on military history and defence, including High Command (1982) and Blamey: The Commander-in-Chief (1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Europe: the source of war War at sea The
Mediterranean Theater The Pacific War The Eastern Front Northwest Europe,
1944-1945 Chronology Chapter 1: Northwest Europe, 1939-1943 Warring sides
Outbreak: "a solution by force" The fighting Portrait of a soldier The war
economy Occupation, division, and resistance Chapter 2: War at Sea Warring
sides Outbreak: the European naval war, 1939-1940 Northern waters,
1940-1944 The Mediterranean Sea The Indian Ocean Portrait of a sailor
Shipbuilding From Operation Neptune to Berlin Chapter 3: The Mediterranean
Theater Warring sides Outbreak: a parallel war The fighting: from the
Desert to the Po Portrait of a soldier Chapter 4: The Pacific War Warring
sides Outbreak: Japan's opening moves, 1941 The fighting, January
1942-August 1945 Prisoners of war A new weapon of war Chapter 5: The
Eastern Front Warring sides Outbreak: Barbarossa, June-December 1941 The
fighting, 1942-1945 Chapter 6: Northwest Europe, 1944-1945 Warring sides
Outbreak: Overlord, 6 June-30 August 1944 The fighting: from Market-Garden
to VE-Day Portrait of a soldier Aftermath A shattered Germany The new
superpowers Counting the cost A catalyst for change Bibliography Index