The Second World War A world in flames,9781841768304

The Second World War A world in flames

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ISBN13: 9781841768304
ISBN10: 1841768308
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-03-25
Publisher(s): Osprey Publishing
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Summary

The period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating events in living memory. Existing in the shadows 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. Bringing the experience of war to life through a wealth of contemporary documentation, private writings and historical research, this book tells the stories of the men and women who lived and died during the Second World War. Also assessing the political, military and historical significance of the war this truly comprehensive volume covers every fighting front of this horrific war.

Author Biography

Foreword by Sir Max Hastings, text written by nine emminent historians: Paul Collier, Dr Alastair Finlan, Mark J Grove, Philip D Grove, Dr Russell A. Hart, Dr Stephen A. Hart, Dr Robin Havers, David Horner and Geoffrey Jukes.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1(10)
Sir Max Hastings
Introduction 10(8)
Chronology 18(11)
Part I: Europe 1939--1943
Background to war -- The gathering storm
29(9)
Warring sides -- The road to war
38(9)
Outbreak -- `I have determined on a solution by force'
47(9)
The fighting -- Hitler strikes
56(31)
Portrait of a soldier -- Donald Edgar
87(5)
Portrait of a civilian -- Colin Perry
92(3)
How the period ended -- The end of the beginning
95(4)
Part II: The war at sea
Background to war -- Naval power
99(3)
Warring sides -- Reluctant adversaries
102(5)
Outbreak -- Opening moves
107(7)
The fighting -- Across the world's seas
114(37)
Portrait of a sailor -- Peter Herbert Owen, Royal Navy midshipman
151(7)
Portrait of a civilian -- John Delaney-Nash, merchant mariner
158(3)
How the period ended -- The German fleet is scuttled
161(3)
Part III: The Mediterranean 1940--1945
Background to war -- Italian imperialism
164(5)
Warring sides -- Italian propaganda, German professionalism and Allied industrialization
169(7)
Outbreak -- A parallel war
176(5)
The fighting -- In all directions at once
181(32)
Portrait of a soldier -- A modest hero
213(6)
Portrait of a civilian -- A child in the siege of annihilation: Malta 1940--43
219(4)
How the period -- Not necessarily in peace
223(5)
Part IV: The Pacific
Background to war -- The expansion of Imperial Japan
228(8)
Warring sides -- Powerful Japan faced certain defeat
236(5)
Outbreak -- The slide toward inevitable war
241(5)
The fighting -- The course of the Pacific War
246(36)
Portrait of a soldier -- Thomas Currie Derrick, an Australian soldier
282(4)
Portrait of a civilian -- Gwen Harold Terasaki, an American in Japan
286(3)
How the period ended -- Not necessarily to Japan's advantage
289(6)
Part V: The Eastern Front 1941--1945
Background to war -- A dictators' deal and a double-cross
295(6)
Warring sides -- Germany gambles on a quick win
301(3)
Outbreak -- Germany achieves surprise
304(1)
The fighting -- Red Army battered but not beaten
305(55)
Portrait of a soldier -- The German and the Russian view
360(4)
Portrait of a civilian -- `We were as mobilised as the soldiers'
364(2)
How the period ended -- Germany surrenders, Stalin joins the war on Japan
366(3)
Part VI: Northwest Europe 1944--1945
Background to war -- The road to D-Day
369(4)
Warring sides -- A military audit
373(6)
Outbreak -- The Allies invade France
379(6)
The fighting -- From D-Day to victory
385(32)
Portrait of a soldier -- Donald Burgett
417(5)
Portrait of a civilian -- Brenda McBryde
422(3)
How the period ended -- The road to VE Day
425(4)
The world around war 429(11)
Conclusion and consequences 440(24)
Further reading 464(5)
Index 469

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