| Description |
xiii, 505 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Politics and strategy of "lightning war" -- The "phony war" and the Soviet Union fights Finland -- The fall of France and Great Britain on the defensive -- Germany moves south and east -- An anti-Hitler coalition takes shape -- The "greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere" -- The first phase of global war -- The high tide of Axis aggression -- The year for global strategy -- Planning the assault on "Festung Europa" -- Strategy for Japan's defeat -- The battle for Hitler's Europe -- The defeat of Nazi Germany -- Allied victory in the far east -- Occupied Europe, resistance and liberation -- Independence movements : Middle East, India, China, Indonesia -- Peace aims and post-war planning |
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The predominance of Germany on the continent, 1939-1940 -- Europe's new order, 1940-1941 -- From war in Europe to world war, 1941-1942 -- The war turns, 1942-1943 -- The beginning of major allied offensives : 1943-1944 -- The end of the war -- Victory without peace |
| Analysis |
World War 2 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Sources.
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| Author |
Jacobsen, Hans Adolf.
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Smith, Arthur L., Jr., 1927-
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| LC no. |
79011507 |
| ISBN |
0874362911 |
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