The period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating events in living memory. Existing in the shadows 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. Bringing the experience of war to life through a wealth of contemporary documentation, private writings and historical research, this book tells the stories of the men and women who lived and died during the Second World War. Also assessing the political, military and historical significance of the war this truly comprehensive volume covers every fighting front of this horrific war.
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Foreword by Sir Max Hastings, text written by nine emminent 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.
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From the product discription, I expected a book by Max Hastings. Max Hastings is the author of the Foreword to the book, not the book. The editor of the book is Alexander Stilwell. I am sure Max Hastings would have been more careful than to allow a caption concerning Erwin Rommel to be used on a picture of Marshall Tito (P 190 in the paperback edition). The book is arrange by topic, not chronologically. In the naval section, there is the Normandy Invasion followed shortly thereafter by a section about Peter Herbert Owen, Royal Naval Midshipman on the Royal Oak--illustrated with a couple of pictures of Gunter Prien, but no pictures of Mr. Owen.
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There are many considerations that made the outbreak of the Second World War possible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Royal Navy, Soviet Union, Red Army, Second World War, First World War, Imperial War Museum, United States, New Guinea, New Zealand, Middle East, Pearl Harbor, Pacific War, Topham Picturepoint, Panzer Army, Adolf Hitler, Eighth Army, Pacific Fleet, East Prussia, Belorussian Front, Nazi Germany, National Archives, Great Britain, League of Nations, Winston Churchill, British Empire New!
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There are many considerations that made the outbreak of the Second World War possible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fhe fighting, mechanized corps, motorized infantry divisions, panzer corps, tank army Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Navy, Soviet Union, Red Army, Second World War, First World War, Imperial War Museum, United States, New Guinea, New Zealand, Middle East, Pearl Harbor, Pacific War, Topham Picturepoint, Panzer Army, Adolf Hitler, Eighth Army, Pacific Fleet, East Prussia, Belorussian Front, Nazi Germany, National Archives, Great Britain, League of Nations, Winston Churchill, British Empire New!
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- Pearl Harbor! (World War II 50th Anniversary Series) by Wallace B. Black in Front Matter, and page 436
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- Military Intelligence Blunders by John Hughes-Wilson on page 295, and Back Matter
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