World War II: A Compact History. A guide from the man who announced D-Day to the world
A veteran of World War II himself, experienced historian Colonel Dupuy is expertly placed to write this revealing and fa
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English Pages 342 Year 2018
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- R. Ernest Dupuy
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- History
- Military History
- Commentary
- First published in 1969 by Hawthorne Books, Inc.
Table of contents :
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter One – Pearl Harbor
Chapter Two – The Rape of Poland
Chapter Three – Naval War in 1939
Chapter Four – War in the North Countries
Chapter Five – The Deluge–1940
Chapter Six – John Bull at Bay
Chapter Seven – The Mediterranean Basin Flares
Chapter Eight – The Long Road to Moscow
Chapter Nine – The Japanese Offensives
Chapter Ten – The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway
Chapter Eleven – The Battle of the Atlantic
Chapter Twelve – The German Tide Ebbs in Russia
Chapter Thirteen – North Africa–The Focal Point
Chapter Fourteen – Guadalcanal and Papua
Chapter Fifteen – U-Boats, the Bear and the Bombers
Chapter Sixteen – Soft Underbelly
Chapter Seventeen – Cracking Japan’s Defensive Perimeter
Chapter Eighteen – To Rome the Hard Way
Chapter Nineteen – Overlord and Bodyguard
Chapter Twenty – The Wall Came Tumbling Down
Chapter Twenty-One – Thor’s Hammer and the Anvil
Chapter Twenty-Two – Doom Creeps upon Japan
Chapter Twenty-Three – The High Road and the Low
Chapter Twenty-Four – The Russian Front, 1944
Chapter Twenty-Five – On to the West Wall
Chapter Twenty-Six – The Battle of the Bulge
Chapter Twenty-Seven – Converging on Germany by Land, Sea and Air
Chapter Twenty-Eight – Heading for the Last Roundup
Chapter Twenty-Nine – The End of the Third Reich
Chapter Thirty – Freeing the Philippines
Chapter Thirty-One – Low Road to Nippon
Chapter Thirty-Two – Decline of Japanese Power in Asia
Chapter Thirty-Three – The Defeat of Japan
About the Author
R. Ernest Dupuy announcing D-Day, 6th June 1944
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