Bibliograph

The storm of war, a new history of the Second World War, Andrew Roberts

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The storm of war, a new history of the Second World War, Andrew Roberts

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The storm of war

Oclc number

670475852

Responsibility statement

Andrew Roberts

Sub title

a new history of the Second World War

Summary

A comprehensive history of World War II analyzes the factors that affected the war's outcome and presents stories of many little-known individuals whose experiences displayed the epitome of courage and self-sacrifice

Table Of Contents

Onslaught. Four invasions : September 1939-April 1940 ; Führer imperator : May-June 1940 ; Last Hope Island : June 1940-June 1941 ; Contesting the Littoral : September 1939-June 1942 ; Kicking in the door : June-December 1941 ; Tokyo typhoon : December 1941-May 1942 -- Climacteric. The everlasting shame of mankind : 1939-1945 ; Five minutes at Midway : June 1942-October 1944 ; Midnight in the devil's gardens : July 1942-May 1943 ; The motherland overwhelms the fatherland : January 1942-February 1943 ; The waves of air and sea : 1939-1945 ; Up the wasp-waist peninsula : July 1943-May 1945 -- Retribution. A salient reversal : March-August 1943 ; The cruel reality : 1939-1945 ; Norman conquest : June-August 1944 ; Western approaches : August 1944-March 1945 ; Eastern approaches : August 1943-May 1945 ; The land of the setting sun : October 1944-September 1945

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