The period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating and remarkable events in living memory. Laboring 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.
Bringing together the work of nine leading historians, and superbly illustrated with contemporary photography and color maps, The Second World War gives readers a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of historys greatest conflict.Recenzijos
A soundly written, well-illustrated, succinct and academically reliable single volume. * The National Army Museum *
Daugiau informacijos
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 historys greatest conflict.
| Foreword |
|
7 | (4) |
| Introduction |
|
11 | (38) |
|
Europe: the source of war |
|
|
11 | (4) |
|
|
|
15 | (2) |
|
The Mediterranean Theater |
|
|
17 | (3) |
|
|
|
20 | (3) |
|
|
|
23 | (5) |
|
Northwest Europe, 1944--1945 |
|
|
28 | (4) |
|
|
|
32 | (17) |
|
Chapter 1 Northwest Europe, 1939--1943 |
|
|
49 | (52) |
|
|
|
50 | (6) |
|
Outbreak: "a solution by force" |
|
|
56 | (5) |
|
|
|
61 | (29) |
|
|
|
90 | (2) |
|
|
|
92 | (3) |
|
Occupation, division, and resistance |
|
|
95 | (6) |
|
|
|
101 | (46) |
|
|
|
102 | (5) |
|
Outbreak: the European naval war, 1939--1940 |
|
|
107 | (6) |
|
Northern waters, 1940--1944 |
|
|
113 | (10) |
|
|
|
123 | (7) |
|
|
|
130 | (8) |
|
|
|
138 | (2) |
|
|
|
140 | (1) |
|
From Operation Neptune to Berlin |
|
|
140 | (7) |
|
Chapter 3 The Mediterranean Theater |
|
|
147 | (46) |
|
|
|
148 | (4) |
|
|
|
152 | (2) |
|
The fighting: from the Desert to the Po |
|
|
154 | (36) |
|
|
|
190 | (3) |
|
Chapter 4 The Pacific War |
|
|
193 | (46) |
|
|
|
194 | (5) |
|
Outbreak: Japan's opening moves, 1941 |
|
|
199 | (5) |
|
The fighting, January 1942--August 1945 |
|
|
204 | (28) |
|
|
|
232 | (4) |
|
|
|
236 | (3) |
|
Chapter 5 The Eastern Front |
|
|
239 | (52) |
|
|
|
240 | (2) |
|
Outbreak: Barbarossa, June-December 1941 |
|
|
242 | (9) |
|
|
|
251 | (40) |
|
Chapter 6 Northwest Europe, 1944--1945 |
|
|
291 | (63) |
|
|
|
292 | (3) |
|
Outbreak: Overlord, 6 June-30 August 1944 |
|
|
295 | (19) |
|
The fighting: from Market-Garden to VE-Day |
|
|
314 | (23) |
|
|
|
337 | (3) |
|
|
|
340 | (1) |
|
|
|
340 | (4) |
|
|
|
344 | (1) |
|
|
|
345 | (4) |
|
|
|
349 | (5) |
| Bibliography |
|
354 | (4) |
| Index |
|
358 | |
Foreword by Sir Max Hastings and text written by nine eminent 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.
Daugiau apie elektronines knygas