World War II A Short History

Name: World War II A Short History
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ISBN: 9780130954770

ISBN-10: 0130954772

ISBN-13: 9780130954770

Edition: 3rd 1999

Authors: Michael J. Lyons

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Book details

List price: $46.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/12/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 367
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface



The Origins of World war II



World War I: The Great Turning Point



The Legacy of World War I



The Rise of the Dictators



The Road to War



Germany's March of Conquest



Blitzkriegin the East,Sitzkriegin the West



Complications in the North: Finland, Denmark, Norway



The Fall of France



Britain Is Still an Island



The Plot Thickens: The Mediterranean and the Balkans



The War Becomes Global



Operation Barbarossa: Dream ofLebensraum



Hitler's New Order in Europe



America Enters the War



Japan Triumphant, December 1941-May 1942



The Tide Turns



The Tide Turns in the Pacific



The Tide Turns in Europe: Stalingrad and El Alamein



The Second Front Question and the Invasion of North America



Probing the Underbelly: Sicily and Italy



War in the Atlantic



Target Germany: The Allied Bombing Offensive



Total War and the Home Fronts



The Triumph of the Allies



Russia Moves West, 1943-44



Cross-Channel Invasion at Last: D Day to the German Border



The End of the Thousand-Year Reich



Island Hopping in the Pacific



War on the Periphery: China, Burma, India



The Collapse of Japan


Aftermath


Additional Reading


Index