1942: Winston Churchill and Britain's Darkest Hour

A revelatory new work of popular history focused on the year 1942, as the fate of Britain-and Winston Churchill's leadership-hangs in the balance.

Eighty years ago, Britain stood at the brink of defeat.

In 1942, a string of military disasters engulfed Britain in rapid succession : the collapse in Malaya; the biggest surrender in British history at Singapore; the passing of three large German warships through the Straits of Dover in broad daylight; the longest ever retreat through Burma to th...