The Second World War: Ambitions to NemesisRoutledge, 2004 M07 31 - 304 páginas Bradley Lightbody presents a fascinating and accessible history of the Second World War in its global context. Examining the war around general themes from ambition and advance, through expansion and containment, to rout and victory, The Second World War covers all the major theatres and events of the war. From the origins and background to the war to its aftermath and legacy, The Second World War covers: * the pre-war ambitions of Italy, Germany and Japan This book provides a comprehensive overview of the global ambitions and the global warfare that was the Second World War, making it essential reading for all students of twentieth century world history. |
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... phoney war 46 8 The Winter War 51 PART 3 Advance 57 9 Copenhagen to Narvik 57 10 Blitzkrieg in the west 64 1 1 Fall of France 70 12 Battle of Britain 77 13 Italy on the march 83 PART 4 Expansion 91 14 North Africa and the Balkans.
... Battle of the Atlantic 98 16 Barbarossa 104 17 Final Solution 114 18 Pearl Harbor 121 19 Pacific hegemony 127 PART 5 Containment 135 20 Midway 135 21 El Alamein 140 22 Stalingrad 145 PART 6 Contraction 155 23 Clearance of North Africa ...
... Battle of the Atlantic 99 5 German expansion east, 1941—42 106 6 Japanese expansion in the Pacific 128 7 Defeat of Italy 196 8 German defeat in the east, 1944-45 203 9 German defeat in the west, 1944-45 211 10 Defeat of Japan 1944-45 ...
... strafing and sinking of the US gunboat Panay by the Japanese Air Force during the battle for Nanking further harmed relations with the United States. President Roosevelt demanded and received a prompt apology 8 Ambition.
... battle of wills between Hindenburg and Hitler was renewed. To the dismay of the wider Nazi Party and the SA, who urged a putsch, Hitler maintained his insistence upon the position of chancellor or nothing. He gained 'nothing' and with ...
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Counterchallenge | 33 |
The phoney war | 46 |
Blitzkrieg in the west | 64 |
Battle of Britain | 77 |
Expansion | 91 |
PART 5 | 135 |
PART 6 | 155 |
Kriegsmarine repulsed | 175 |
Pacific reversal | 188 |
Rollback on the Eastern Front | 201 |
Islands | 220 |
The Holocaust | 237 |
Nemesis | 245 |