Cutting through over half a century of historical build-up, this new and convincing account of World War II uses a global perspective to explain the complicated course in military terms. Black, a distinguished military historian , bucks the current trend to demilitarise and gives due weight to the c
World War Two: A Military History (Warfare and History)
โ Scribed by Jeremy Black
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 316
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Jeremy Black provides fresh insights into the operations at the Eastern Front and the war against Japan and argues against a trend to demilitarize, giving due weight to the campaigns and battles that made up the war.
โฆ Table of Contents
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
1 Background......Page 18
2 Initial attacks......Page 48
3 The war widens......Page 91
4 Attacks held 1942......Page 126
5 Mounting Allied pressure 1943......Page 146
6 Defeating the Axis 1944......Page 178
7 The fall of the Axis......Page 223
8 Contexts......Page 243
9 Struggle reviewed......Page 283
Selected further reading......Page 308
Index......Page 310
โฆ Subjects
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