Bibliograph

The Second World War, John Keegan

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The Second World War, John Keegan

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Second World War

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60327493

Responsibility statement

John Keegan

Summary

Examines each theater of the war, focusing on five crucial battles and offering new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare

Table Of Contents

Prologue. Every man a soldier ; Fomenting world war -- pt. I. 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 -- pt. II. 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 -- pt. III. 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 -- pt. IV. 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 -- pt. V. 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 -- pt. VI. 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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