Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945 9780300268980
A major new account of Britain’s military strategy between 1914–1945, including the two world wars and everything betwee
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Table of contents :
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. A Liberal State Declares War
2. 1914 – The New Warfare
3. The Navy Goes to War 1914–1915
4. Gallipoli – The Politicians’ Hour
5. 1915 – Learning and Not Learning
6. The Year of the Somme
7. The Defeat of the Ottoman Empire 1914–1918
8. Rue Morgue – 1917
9. The War at Sea 1916–1918
10. 1918 – The Whirlwind
11. 1918 – Victory
Interlude 1919–1939
12. Appeasement and War
13. The Norway Campaign
14. 1940 – Crisis Year
15. The Desert – Wavell’s War 1939–1942
16. The Desert – Auchinleck’s War 1941–1942
17. Slouching Towards a Strategy – Anglo-American Planning 1940–1942
18. Singapore
19. The Desert – Montgomery’s War 1942–1943
20. The End in Africa
21. Inching Towards Italy
22. Pivot of Power – The Mediterranean 1943
23. Rock and a Hard Place – Italy 1943–1944
24. The Weight of the War – The Strategic Bombing of Germany
25. Battle of the Atlantic
26. Normandy
27. Burma
28. The End of the War in Europe August 1944–May 1945
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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