The Second World War: Ambitions to Nemesis / Edition 1

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Overview

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
* the outbreak of the war in Poland
* the 'Phoney War'
* Blitzkrieg, the Fall of France and the Battle of Britain
* Pearl Harbour
* the war in North Africa and El Alamein
* the final solution
* D-Day, the liberation of Italy and deliverance from the concentration camps
* the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780415224055
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 8/13/2004
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 304
  • Product dimensions: 6.69 (w) x 9.61 (h) x 0.63 (d)

Table of Contents

1 Rising sun 3
2 Weimar revision 10
3 Fascist Italy 17
4 Nazi challenge 25
5 Counter-challenge 33
6 Case White : Poland 39
7 The phoney war 46
8 The winter war 51
9 Copenhagen to Narvik 57
10 Blitzkrieg in the west 64
11 Fall of France 70
12 Battle of Britain 77
13 Italy on the march 83
14 North Africa and the Balkans 91
15 Battle of the Atlantic 98
16 Barbarossa 104
17 Final solution 114
18 Pearl Harbor 121
19 Pacific hegemony 127
20 Midway 135
21 El Alamein 140
22 Stalingrad 145
23 Clearance of North Africa 155
24 Defeat on the Eastern Front 161
25 Bomber offensive 167
26 Kriegsmarine repulsed 175
27 Invasion of Italy 181
28 Pacific reversal 188
29 Fall of Rome 195
30 Rollback on the Eastern Front 201
31 Overlord 210
32 Islands 220
33 Stalemate on the west wall 227
34 The Holocaust 237
35 Mussolini's last stand 245
36 Gotterdammerung 249
37 The bomb 260
38 Ideals and post-war realities 267
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