The Second World War

The Second World War

by Keegan, John

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A chronological history of each theater of the war, analyzing five battles for their distinctive kind of warfare of the period.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Second World War / John Keegan.

Summary

A chronological history of each theater of the war, analyzing five battles for their distinctive kind of warfare of the period.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1990, ©1989.
  • Edition:1st American ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Viking
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1990, ©1989.

Notes

Originally published London : Hutchinson, ©1989.

The Physical Object

  • Description:608 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0670823597, 9780670823598, 014011341X, 9780140113419, 0143035738, 9780143035732
  • oclc:ocm20132298
  • LC Classification:D743
  • Dewey Decimal:940.53

Table of Contents

Every man a soldier -- Fomenting world war -- The war in the West 1940-1943. The triumph of Blitzkrieg ; Air battle: the Battle of Britain ; War supply and the Battle of the Atlantic -- The war in the East 1941-1943. Hitler's strategic dilemma ; Securing the eastern springboard ; Airborne battle: Crete ; Barbarossa ; War production ; Crimean summer, Stalingrad winter -- The war in the Pacific 1941-1943. Tojo's strategic dilemma ; From Pearl Harbor to Midway ; Carrier battle: Midway ; Occupation and repression ; The war for the islands -- The war in the west 1943-1945. Churchill's strategic dilemma ; Three wars in Africa ; Italy and the Balkans ; Overlord ; Tank battle: Falaise ; Strategic bombing ; The Ardennes and the Rhine -- The war in the East 1943-1945. Stalin's strategic dilemma ; Kursk and the recapture of western Russia ; Resistance and espionage ; The Vistula and the Danube ; City battle: the siege of Berlin -- The war in the Pacific 1943-1945. Roosevelt's strategic dilemma ; Japan's defeat in the south ; Amphibious battle: Okinawa ; Super-weapons and the defeat of Japan ; The legacy of the Second World War.

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Subjects

Geschichte Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 History The Cecil B. and Laura G. Currey Archiv… Tweede Wereldoorlog Weltkrieg Weltkrieg (1939-1945) World War II World War, 1939-1945

Writers

Keegan, John

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