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WORLD WAR TWO

History in an Hour

Rupert Colley

About History in an Hour About History in an Hour Introduction Germany Invades Poland: ‘This is how I deal with any European city’ The Finnish–Soviet War: The ‘Winter War’ The Norwegian Campaign: ‘Missed the bus’ The Fall of France: ‘France has lost a battle but France has not lost the war’ The Battle of Britain and the Blitz: ‘It can only end in annihilation for one of us’ The Mediterranean: ‘One moment on a battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace’ North Africa: ‘A great general’ Germany’s Invasion of the Soviet Union: ‘The whole rotten structure will come crashing down’ War in the Far East: ‘Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars’ The Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk: The new field marshal The Holocaust: ‘The man with an iron heart’ The Battle of the Atlantic: ‘The U-boat peril’ The Big Three Italy Falls: ‘You are the most hated man in Italy’ The Bomber Offensive: ‘My name is Meyer’ The Normandy Invasion: D-Day France Free: ‘Liberated by her own people’ Approach from the East: ‘For the good have fallen’ The End of the War in Europe: The Death of a Corporal The End of the War in Japan: ‘Complete and utter destruction’ Appendix 1: Key Players Appendix 2: Timeline of World War Two Copyright Got Another Hour? About the Publisher

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Contents

Cover

Title Page WORLD WAR TWO History in an Hour Rupert Colley

About History in an Hour

Introduction

Germany Invades Poland: ‘This is how I deal with any European city’

The Finnish–Soviet War: The ‘Winter War’

The Norwegian Campaign: ‘Missed the bus’

The Fall of France: ‘France has lost a battle but France has not lost the war’

The Battle of Britain and the Blitz: ‘It can only end in annihilation for one of us’

The Mediterranean: ‘One moment on a battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace’

North Africa: ‘A great general’

Germany’s Invasion of the Soviet Union: ‘The whole rotten structure will come crashing down’

War in the Far East: ‘Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars’

The Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk: The new field marshal

The Holocaust: ‘The man with an iron heart’

The Battle of the Atlantic: ‘The U-boat peril’

The Big Three

Italy Falls: ‘You are the most hated man in Italy’

The Bomber Offensive: ‘My name is Meyer’

The Normandy Invasion: D-Day

France Free: ‘Liberated by her own people’

Approach from the East: ‘For the good have fallen’

The End of the War in Europe: The Death of a Corporal

The End of the War in Japan: ‘Complete and utter destruction’

Appendix 1: Key Players

Appendix 2: Timeline of World War Two

Copyright

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Introduction Introduction Germany Invades Poland: ‘This is how I deal with any European city’ The Finnish–Soviet War: The ‘Winter War’ The Norwegian Campaign: ‘Missed the bus’ The Fall of France: ‘France has lost a battle but France has not lost the war’ The Battle of Britain and the Blitz: ‘It can only end in annihilation for one of us’ The Mediterranean: ‘One moment on a battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace’ North Africa: ‘A great general’ Germany’s Invasion of the Soviet Union: ‘The whole rotten structure will come crashing down’ War in the Far East: ‘Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars’ The Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk: The new field marshal The Holocaust: ‘The man with an iron heart’ The Battle of the Atlantic: ‘The U-boat peril’ The Big Three Italy Falls: ‘You are the most hated man in Italy’ The Bomber Offensive: ‘My name is Meyer’ The Normandy Invasion: D-Day France Free: ‘Liberated by her own people’ Approach from the East: ‘For the good have fallen’ The End of the War in Europe: The Death of a Corporal The End of the War in Japan: ‘Complete and utter destruction’ Appendix 1: Key Players Appendix 2: Timeline of World War Two Copyright Got Another Hour? About the Publisher Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

Lasting six years and a day (until the formal surrender of Japan), the Second World War saw the civilian, both young and old, fighting on the front line. Civilian deaths accounted for 5 per cent of those killed during the First World War; but during the Second, of the 50 million-plus killed, they made up over 66 per cent. During the 2,194 days of the conflict, a thousand people died for each and every hour it lasted. With eighty-one of the world’s nations involved, compared to twenty-eight during the First World War, this was a world war in the truest sense.

Germany Invades Poland: ‘This is how I deal with any European city’ Germany Invades Poland: ‘This is how I deal with any European city’ The Finnish–Soviet War: The ‘Winter War’ The Norwegian Campaign: ‘Missed the bus’ The Fall of France: ‘France has lost a battle but France has not lost the war’ The Battle of Britain and the Blitz: ‘It can only end in annihilation for one of us’ The Mediterranean: ‘One moment on a battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace’ North Africa: ‘A great general’ Germany’s Invasion of the Soviet Union: ‘The whole rotten structure will come crashing down’ War in the Far East: ‘Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars’ The Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk: The new field marshal The Holocaust: ‘The man with an iron heart’ The Battle of the Atlantic: ‘The U-boat peril’ The Big Three Italy Falls: ‘You are the most hated man in Italy’ The Bomber Offensive: ‘My name is Meyer’ The Normandy Invasion: D-Day France Free: ‘Liberated by her own people’ Approach from the East: ‘For the good have fallen’ The End of the War in Europe: The Death of a Corporal The End of the War in Japan: ‘Complete and utter destruction’ Appendix 1: Key Players Appendix 2: Timeline of World War Two Copyright Got Another Hour? About the Publisher Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.